SOLUTION: For every 210 high school students, there are 5880 people living in the community. If a community has 1325 high school students how many people live in the community?

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Question 239196: For every 210 high school students, there are 5880 people living in the community. If a community has 1325 high school students how many people live in the community?
Found 2 solutions by rfer, checkley77:
Answer by rfer(16322) About Me  (Show Source):
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1325/210=6.3
5880*6.3=37,044

Answer by checkley77(12844) About Me  (Show Source):
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210/5,880=1,325/x cross multiply.
210x=5,880*1,325
210x=7,791,000
x=7,791,000/210
x=37,100 people is the community population.