Question

The school band is comprised of middle school students

Answer 1

Answer:if there are 7 HS students for every 2 MS students and there are 18 MS students...

18/2 = 9

9(7) = 63

So, there are 18 + 63 = 81 total students.

Since we had 9 parts last year also (1:8), 81/9 = 9 students are in each part. 8 students in each part are HS and one is MS.

8(9) = 72 HS students last year.

72 - 63 = 9 fewer HS students than last year.

Hope this helps!