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at a certain University the student to teacher ratio is 16:1 if there are 2000 students enrolled how many teachers must be employed to maintain this ratio

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16/1 = 2000/x
16x = 2000 * 1
16x = 2000
2000 / 16 = 125

125 teachers must be employed
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