Let p represent the total population of the school.
Then (1/3)p represents the number of students who like math. Subtracting this (1/3)p from p gives an expression representing those who do not like math:
p - (1/3)p = (2/3)p
400 students do not like math, so (2/3)p = 400.
Solve this for p by multiplying both sides by (3/2):
(3/2)(2/3)p = (3/2)(400), which simplifies to p = 600.
The closer it gets to -19, the closer the number goes to 44. It never hits it exactly though, but based off the trend (43.95, 43.995, 43.9995) we can tell that it gets closer to 44 each time.
