Question 34319
Hello,
We know that "The student-teacher ratio for Washington High was reported to be 27.5 to 1". This means that there are 27.5 students for every 1 teacher. Translating this to algebraic language, we have:

{{{S = 27.5T}}}
where S is the number of students and T is the number of teachers.

Now, we're told that the number of teachers is 42. So T = 42. Plugging this into the equation we got above:

{{{S = 27.5*42 = 1155}}}

Therefore, there are 1,155 students


I hope this helps!
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