Question

for the choir concert, the choir directer has asked that everyone either wears black pants or blue jeans. three times as many students wore either black pants as blue jeans. if there are 44 students is choir, how many wore blue jeans

Answer 1

11 students wore blue jeans

Solution:

Given that , For the choir concert, the choir director has asked that everyone either wears black pants or blue jeans.  

Three times as many students wore either black pants as blue jeans.  

Let the number of students who wore blue jeans be n.

Then the number of students who wore black pants will be 3n

Now if there are 44 students is choir, we have to find how many wore blue jeans

As total students = 44

Students with blue jeans + students with black pants = 44

n + 3n = 44

4n = 44

n = 11

So, 11 students wore blue pants.

Then, 3n = 3 x 11 = 33 students wore black pants.

Hence, 11 students wore blue jeans