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2 years ago

3 over eight people ride the bus in Mrs. Mulls class. If she has 24 students how many students ride the bus?

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8 0

I think you divide 24 by 8 which = 3 and then times 3•3 which equals 9 so I think that 9 students out of 24 ride the bus

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from the 2nd equation we can take the cube root of both sides to get
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try for r=2 and 1/2
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test each
for a=-1/10 and r=2
a+ar+ar²= $\frac{-1}{10}+\frac{-2}{10}+\frac{-4}{10}=\frac{-7}{10}$
it works

for a=-2/5 and r=1/2
a+ar+ar²= $\frac{-2}{5}+\frac{-1}{5}+\frac{-1}{10}=\frac{-7}{10}$
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