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Out of 32 students in a class, 5 said they ride their bikes to school. based on these results,how many of 800 students in the school ride threr bikes to school?

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Do a proportion.
5/32= x/800
Cross multiply and divide
800 x 5= 4,000
4,000 divided by 32= 125
So answer is 125 students
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