The ratio of teachers to students at a school is 3:74. There are 2,500 students at the school. About how many teachers are at the school?
Added by Melissa B.
Step 1
Step 1: Let the number of teachers be represented by 3x and the number of students be represented by 74x. Show more…
Show all steps
Close
Your feedback will help us improve your experience
Suman Saurav Thakur and 97 other Algebra educators are ready to help you.
Ask a new question
Labs
Want to see this concept in action?
Explore this concept interactively to see how it behaves as you change inputs.
Key Concepts
Recommended Videos
The student-to-faculty ratio at a small college is 17:3. The total number of students and faculty is 740. How many faculty members are there at the college?
Kathleen C.
The ratio of boys to girls in a certain classroom was 2 : 3. If boys represented five more than one third of the class, how many people were there in the classroom?
Victor S.
One elementary school in Ohio has 684 students and 45 teachers. Write the student-to-teacher ratio as a unit rate.
Decimals
Ratios and Rate
Recommended Textbooks
Elementary and Intermediate Algebra
Algebra and Trigonometry
Transcript
Watch the video solution with this free unlock.
EMAIL
PASSWORD