SOLUTION: If 2 out of 36 people have hamburgers for lunch, and there are 20 people in the cafeteria having hamburgers for lunch, how many people are in the cafeteria?

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Question 1062880: If 2 out of 36 people have hamburgers for lunch, and there are 20 people in the cafeteria
having hamburgers for lunch, how many people are in the cafeteria?
Answer by jorel1380(3719) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let n be the amount of people in the cafeteria. Then:
2/36=20/n
2n=720
n=360 people in the cafeteria. ☺☺☺☺