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sesenic [268]
3 years ago
15

A school has 10 classes with the same number of students in each class. One day, the weather was bad and many students were abse

nt. 5 classes were half full, 3 classes were 3/4 full and 2 classes were 1/8 empty. A total of 70 students were absent. How many students are in this school when no students are absent?
Mathematics
2 answers:
marin [14]3 years ago
6 0
Remark
The best way to do this is to figure out the fraction of empties and equate that number to 70.

Step One
givens 

x = number of students in each class.

Get fractions to represent the numbers who were absent.
Figure out the fractions for the empties.
5 classes. were 1/2 full. Therefore 5 classes were 1/2 empty. Each class has x students.

If 5 classes where 1/2 full, then these same classes were 1/2 empty. There are  
1 class = 1/2 x away.
5 classes = 5(1/2 x) away
5 classes = (5/2) x students away.

3 classes were 3/4 full. Therefore 3 classes are 1/4 empty
3(1/4)x = (3/4)x total number of students absent in 3 classes.


2 classes were 1/8 empty. 
2*(1/8)*x = (1/4) x

Step Two
Add your absences. Equate to 70
(1/4)x + (3/4)x + (5/2)x  = 70 

Step Three
Find your common denominator
the common denominator is 4. Convert all fractions to something over 4.
1/4  has a denominator of 4
3/4 has a denominator of 4
5/2 = 5*2/2*2 = 10/4

So the equation becomes.
(1/4)x + (3/4)x + (10/4)x = 70

Step Four
Solve for x
(1 + 3 + 10)x/4 = 70      Collect like terms on the left
(14x)/4 = 70                  Multiply by sides by 4
14x = 70 * 4
14x = 280                     Divide by 14
x = 280/14
x = 20

Answer
Each class contains 20 student.
10 classes contain 20 * 10 = 200 students.
Mila [183]3 years ago
5 0
Use the following equation to find the total amount of students:

5( \frac{1}{2} )x + 3 (\frac{1}{4} )x + 2 (\frac{1}{8} )x = 70

Convert the fractions so that they have the same denominator. Find the least common multiple of 2, 4, and 8.

Multiples of 2: {2,4,6,8}
Multiples of 4: {4,8}
Multiples of 8: {8,16}

The least common multiple in this set is 8. Multiply the fractions so that they have a denominator of 8.

\frac{1}{2} *  \frac{4}{4} =  \frac{4}{8}

\frac{1}{4} *  \frac{2}{2} =  \frac{2}{8}

Your equation should now read out as this:

5( \frac{4}{8} )x + 3 (\frac{2}{8} )x + 2 (\frac{1}{8} )x = 70

Multiply the fractions with their coefficients.

\frac{5}{1}  *  \frac{4}{8} =  \frac{20}{8}

\frac{3}{1} *  \frac{2}{8} =  \frac{6}{8}

\frac{2}{1} *  \frac{1}{8} =  \frac{2}{8}

Your equation should now look like this:

\frac{20}{8}x + \frac{6}{8}x + \frac{2}{8}x = 70

Multiply all sides by 8 to get rid of the fractions.

20x + 6x + 2x = 560

Combine like terms.

28x = 560

Divide both sides by 28 to get x by itself.

x = 20

There are 20 students in each class.

Since there are 10 classrooms with this many students in school, multiply by 20 to find the total amount of students in school.

20 * 10 = 200

When nobody is absent, there are 200 students in the school.
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