Question 374263
If 3 of 10 students live on campus, how many live on campus of there are 6000 students?


3 of 10 students can be written as a fraction, {{{3/10}}}


Let x be the number of students who live on campus if there are 6000 students.
This can be written as {{{x/6000}}}.


From here, you can put the two together, {{{3/10}}}={{{x/6000}}}
because for every 10 students in the 6000 population, 3 of them live on campus.


Now, you have to solve for x.
{{{3/10}}}={{{x/6000}}}
Multiply both sides by 6000
6000({{{3/10}}})=6000({{{x/6000}}})
1800=x