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A college has a student to teacher ratio of 35 to 2. If there are 188 teachers at the college, how many students attend the college?

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ratio: 35:2

188:?

188÷35=5.4

the answer is 5 or 6 but most likely 6
User Vcarel
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Student to teacher = 35 / 2
Let, the number of students with 188 teacher is x.
Then, it would be equal to 35/2 = x / 188
x = 188 * 35 /2
x = 6580 / 2
x = 3290

In short, Your Answer would be 3290 students

Hope this helps!

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