Answer:175
Step-by-step explanation:
1. Turn 28% into a decima: 0.28
2. Multiply 1250 by 0.28 to get the amount of ninth grade students:350
3. Half the amount of ninth grade students:175
Hey there!
First, we will do the subtraction with the two like terms on the left. I know they're like terms because although they have different coefficients, they have the same variable.
We have:
2n=4
Divide both sides by 3 to get:
n = 2
Hope this helps!
