SOLUTION: 30% of the students at a school play on a sports team. If there are 288 student Atheletes, how many students are in the school?

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Question 675393: 30% of the students at a school play on a sports team. If there are 288 student Atheletes, how many students are in the school?
Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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if 30% of the students at a school play on a sports team, means there are 30% athletes at school
so, if x students at a school, than %2830%2F100%29x=288%7D%7D+are+athletes%3B+so%2C+we+have%0D%0A%0D%0A%7B%7B%7B0.3x=288
x=288%2F0.3
x=960..........the number of students at a school