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At the north campus of a performing arts school, 30% of the students are music majors. At the south campus, 70% of the students are music majors. The campuses are merged into one east campus. If 38% of the 100 students at the east campus are music majors, how many students did the north and south campuses have before the merger?

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          At the north campus of a performing arts school, 30% of the students are music majors. At the south campus, 70% of the students are music majors. The campuses are merged into one east campus. If 38% of the 100 students at the east campus are music majors, how many students did the north and south campuses have before the merger?

at the north campus of a performing arts school 30 of the students are music majors at the south campus 70 of the students are music majors the campuses are merged into one east campus if 38 43993

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Elementary and Intermediate Algebra

Alan S. Tussy, R. David Gustafson 5th Edition

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Solved by Expert Avi Zellman

02/04/2022

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Let S be the number of students at the south campus. Step 2: From the problem statement, we know the following: - At the north campus, 30% of the students are music majors. So, the number of music majors at the north campus is 0.30N. - At the south campus, 70% of Show more…

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At the north campus of a performing arts school, 30% of the students are music majors. At the south campus, 70% of the students are music majors. The campuses are merged into one east campus. If 38% of the 100 students at the east campus are music majors, how many students did the north and south campuses have before the merger?