SOLUTION: in a college there are 13 times as many students as professors. if together the students and professors number 28,000 how many students are there in the college?
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Question 384571: in a college there are 13 times as many students as professors. if together the students and professors number 28,000 how many students are there in the college? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! in a college there are 13 times as many students as professors. if together the students and professors number 28,000 how many students are there in the college?
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Let # of professors be "x".
Then # of students is "13x".
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Equation:
x + 13x = 28000
14x = 28000
x = 2000 (# of professors)
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13x = 26000(# of students)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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