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Cristine's middle school has a total of 900 students and 45 teachers. The local high school has 110 teachers and a student-teacher ratio proportional to the middle school's. How many students will Cristine find when she gets to high school?

A) 900
B) 1100
C) 2200
D) 2500

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Well what I would do first is divide the 900 student by the 445 teacher to get 20 students per teacher. Now I would take that 20 and multiply it by 110 teacher to get 2200 Students.

Answer= C) 2200 Students
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