SOLUTION: there are 450 students and 15 teachers in a school. The school hires 2 new teachers. To keep the student to teacher ratio the same, how many total students should attend the school
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Question 275044: there are 450 students and 15 teachers in a school. The school hires 2 new teachers. To keep the student to teacher ratio the same, how many total students should attend the school? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! there are 450 students and 15 teachers in a school.
The school hires 2 new teachers.
To keep the student to teacher ratio the same, how many total students should attend the school?
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15x = 450 * 17
15x = 7650
x =
x = 510 total students to maintain the ratio