SOLUTION: at a school dance, 1/3 of the boys were wearing white shirts. Of 26 boys were wearing white shirts, how many boys were at the dance. Can you show me how to set this equation up?

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Question 1057110: at a school dance, 1/3 of the boys were wearing white shirts. Of 26 boys were wearing white shirts, how many boys were at the dance. Can you show me how to set this equation up?
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Let X represent the total number of boys at the dance.

Since 1/3 of this total is wearing a white shirt, the number of boys wearing white shirts is (1/3)X, or X/3.

We also know that there are 26 boys wearing white shirts, so we can write the following equation:

X/3 = 26

Solving this equation for X will give you the total number of boys at the dance.