Answer: There are 20 students and 4 students are not here today.
Step-by-step explanation:
If the number of students = 4
Let the number of students be 'x'.
Fraction of students absent = ![\dfrac{x}{4}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cdfrac%7Bx%7D%7B4%7D)
If the number of students = 5
Fraction of students absent = ![\dfrac{x}{5}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cdfrac%7Bx%7D%7B5%7D)
And Jen came back,
So, the fraction of student absent is also written as
![\dfrac{x}{4}-1](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cdfrac%7Bx%7D%7B4%7D-1)
According to question, it becomes,
![\dfrac{x}{5}=\dfrac{x}{4}-1\\\\\dfrac{x}{5}=\dfrac{x-4}{4}\\\\4x=5(x-4)\\\\4x=5x-20\\\\4x-5x=-20\\\\-x=-20\\\\x=20](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cdfrac%7Bx%7D%7B5%7D%3D%5Cdfrac%7Bx%7D%7B4%7D-1%5C%5C%5C%5C%5Cdfrac%7Bx%7D%7B5%7D%3D%5Cdfrac%7Bx-4%7D%7B4%7D%5C%5C%5C%5C4x%3D5%28x-4%29%5C%5C%5C%5C4x%3D5x-20%5C%5C%5C%5C4x-5x%3D-20%5C%5C%5C%5C-x%3D-20%5C%5C%5C%5Cx%3D20)
Hence, there are 20 students in our school.
And number of students are not here today is ![\dfrac{20}{5}=4](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cdfrac%7B20%7D%7B5%7D%3D4)