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40% of the students on the field trip love the museum it's 20 students of the museum how many are on the field trip

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Final answer:

By setting up a proportion where 40% is equivalent to 20 students, we solve for x and find that the total number of students on the field trip is 50 students.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks us to determine the total number of students on a field trip knowing that 40% of them love the museum, and this corresponds to 20 students.

To solve this problem, we will set up a proportion:

  • Let x represent the total number of students on the field trip.
  • Since 40% of the students love the museum, we can express this as 0.40 * x = 20.

To find x, we divide both sides of the equation by 0.40:

x = 20 / 0.40

x = 50

Therefore, the total number of students on the field trip is 50 students.

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50. Since 40% of 50 is 20, you know that it's 50
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