2007-01-08 18:35:59 · 3 answers · asked by miozaosder 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Lets restate the information.
In a school with 125 seniors, how many underclassmen are there if there are 5 underclassmen to every senior (5:1 restated in the correct order as the English above). In otherwords. there are 5 times as many underclassmen as seniors.
So the answer must be 5 * 125 or 625 underclassmen.
2007-01-08 18:41:41 · answer #1 · answered by The Answer Man 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ratio is 1:5 meaning for every 1 senior there is
5 underclassmen .
Now if you have 125 seniors :
125 * 5 = 625 underclassmen.
another way of solving this:
seniors undercalss
1/125 = 5/x
1 = 5*125/x
x = 625 underclassmen
2007-01-09 05:33:07 · answer #2 · answered by Purple 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
5 x 125= 625
2007-01-09 02:48:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋