SOLUTION: the ratio of high school students who were home schooled to those who attended other schools was three to seven. If there were 90 home schoolers, what was the total number of high
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Question 1068928: the ratio of high school students who were home schooled to those who attended other schools was three to seven. If there were 90 home schoolers, what was the total number of high school students? Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! ratio is 3:7
3+7 = 10, so out of every 10 students 3 are home schooled
90 homeschooled. Thus:
3/7x = 90
3x = 630
x = 210
210 students attend other schools
210+90 = 300 total students
