SOLUTION: the ratio of french students to spanish students is 3 to 7.if 120 students are taking french,how many students are taking spanish
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Question 627314: the ratio of french students to spanish students is 3 to 7.if 120 students are taking french,how many students are taking spanish Found 2 solutions by ewatrrr, amalm06:Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source):
Hi,
the ratio of french students to spanish students is 3 to 7.
if 120 students are taking french,how many students are taking spanish Cross Multiply to solve
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let the ratio of spanish to french students = S/F
Then S/F=7/3
Given 120 french students, multiply 120 by the ratio 7/3 to get the number of spanish students
(7/3)(120)=280 students (Answer)
