SOLUTION: There are 140 students in a play. That is equal to 30% of the students in attendance to the school. How many students go to that school?

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Question 1047629: There are 140 students in a play. That is equal to 30% of the students in attendance to the school. How many students go to that school?
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Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are 140 students in a play. That is equal to 30% of the students in attendance to the school. How many students go to that school?
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Let "x" be the number of students in the school.
Equation:
140 = 0.30x
x = 140/0.30
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x = 14000/3 = 4667 students when rounded up
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Actually, 140 is only approximately equal to 30% of the students in the school unless this particular school has fractional parts of students that attend the school.



Solve for and then round to the nearest whole number.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it