SOLUTION: 1. An elementary school maintains a student to teacher ratio of 24 to 1. if the school enrolls 864 students how many teachers does the school employ? round to the nearest whole

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Question 1003456: 1. An elementary school maintains a student to teacher ratio of 24 to 1. if the school enrolls 864 students how many teachers does the school employ?
round to the nearest whole number

Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You can set up a proportion
24%2F1+=+864%2Fx
and solve that, but in this case it is just easier to divide 864 by 24 and get
864/24 = 36 teachers