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Registration records show that 5 out of 8 students at college are older than 25 years. If there are 1200 students at the college, how many would you expect to be older than 25 years?
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Registration records show that 5 out of 8 students at college are older than 25 years. If there are 1200 students at the college, how many would you expect to be older than 25 years?

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Take the total (1200) and divide it by the base number (8) and then multiply by how many there are in the ratio (5)
1200/8= 150 150*5=750
750 students are 25+
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