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Three fourths of the students in class said they like word problems . If fewer than 30 students said they like word problems , how many students are there ?

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x < 40.

Since there are less than 30 students that say they like that and that represents 3/4, you can start by trying to solve the equation.

3/4x < 30

Where x is the total number of students in the class.
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