SOLUTION: In a college there are 13 times as many students as professors. If together the students and professors number 28,000, how many students are there in the college

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Question 318224: In a college there are 13 times as many students as professors. If together the students and professors number 28,000, how many students are there in the college
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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let the professors be x
students will be 13x
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x+13x=28000
14x=28000
x=2000 the number of professors
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26000 students