Question

at East Middle School there 58 left hand students in 609 right-handed students the numbers of left and right handed students at West Junior High are proportional to the number at East Middle School if they're 48 left-handed students at West Junior High how many right-handed students are there

Answer 1

the answer is 504 because 609/58 is 10.5 and then multiply 48 times 10.5 and you get 504

Answer 2

There are 504 right handed students in west junior high school.

Explanation:

Number of left handed students in east middle school = 58

Number of right handed students in east middle school = 609

Number of left handed students at west junior high = 48

Let the number of right handed students are west junior high be = x

As given, there a a proportional relation between the two, we can denote this as:

`(58)/(609)= (48)/(x)`

Now solving for x;

`58x=609*48`

`58x=29232`

x = 504

Therefore, there are 504 right handed students in west junior high school.