Question

The mayor of melvins town choose 160 students form his school to attend a city debate. This amount is no more than 1/4 of the students in melvins school. What is the least possible number of student that attended melvins school

Answer 1

Answer: 640 students.

Explanation:

given data:

number of student chosen to attend by the mayor = 160

amount this student represents of the total population =
`(1)/(4)`

solution:

since
`(1)/(4)` was chosen which is 160 this means that
`(1)/(4) is \geq 160`

therefore;

`(1)/(4) = 160\\`

multiply both sides by 4

`(1)/(4) . 4 = 160 .4\\= 640`

the least number of students that attend melvins school is 640.