SOLUTION: 8 students were absent on Monday. If this was 3/7 of the students, how many students in all? Please show how answer was solved, thank you!

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Question 1096878: 8 students were absent on Monday. If this was 3/7 of the students, how many students in all? Please show how answer was solved, thank you!
Found 2 solutions by jorel1380, ikleyn:
Answer by jorel1380(3719) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let t be the total number of students. Then:
3/7(t)=8
3t=56
t=18.67 students total
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Answer by ikleyn(52914) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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This condition/formulation is DEFECTIVE.