Question

The ratio of teachers to students on a field trip to New York City is 2 to 9. If there are 243 students on the trip,

Answer 1

54 teachers

Explanation:

Step one:

given data

The ratio of teachers to students on a field trip to New York City is 2 to 9.

That is the ratio is 2:9

We are told that there are 243 students

Required

We want to find the number of teachers

Step two:

Applying the part to part method we have

let the number of teachers be x

2/9= x/243

cross multiply we have

9x= 243*2

9x= 486

divide both sides by 9

x= 54

Hence there are 54 teachers