SOLUTION: On a certain day 2/7 of a students in a school are absent. On that day 1950 students are present in the school. Find total number of students.
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Question 947530: On a certain day 2/7 of a students in a school are absent. On that day 1950 students are present in the school. Find total number of students. Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! If 2/7 were absent, the 1950 present were 5/7 of the entire student body
We can divide 1950 by 5/7 to get the whole, or invert and multiply:
(1950)(7/5)=2730 ANSWER The total number of students are 2730.
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Convert to percentage: (5/7)(100%)=71.43%
Divide 1950/0.7143=2729.95 or a total of 2730 for the entire student body.
