SOLUTION: thirty-five students went out for the team. this was five-eights of the students in the grade. a. how many students in the grade? b. what percent of the class went out for the t

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Question 1105598: thirty-five students went out for the team. this was five-eights of the students in the grade.
a. how many students in the grade?
b. what percent of the class went out for the team?
Answer by rothauserc(4718) About Me  (Show Source):
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a) let x be the number of students in the grade
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(5/8) * x = 35
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5x = 280
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x = 56
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there are 56 students in the grade
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b) 35/56 = 7/8 of the class went out for the team
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Note we assume grade and class are equivalent
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