SOLUTION: A college has a student to teacher ratio of 30 to 2. If there are 170 teachers at the college, how many students attend the college?

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Question 1001392: A college has a student to teacher ratio of 30 to 2. If there are 170 teachers at the college, how many students attend the college?
Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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student%2Fteacher+=30+%2F+2
If there are 170 teachers, then we have
student%2F170+=30+%2F+2
student%2F170+=15
student+=15%2A170
student+=2550
check the ratio:
2550%2F170+=30+%2F+2
255%2F17+=15
15+=15