The ratio of teachers to students at a school is 3:74. There are 2,500 students at a school.About how many teachers are at the school?
Mathematics · Middle School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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Given :
ratio of teachers to students at a school = 3:74.
It means there are 74 students for every 3 teachers. Let x be the common factor of ratio. Then,
74x = 2500
x = 33.78
Then, 3x = 3 × 33.78
= 101.35
Hence, there are 101 teachers approximately.