Question

The leadership class starts a campaign to change the school mascot. The school principal has agreed to change the mascot if two-thirds of the student body plus 1 additional student vote for the change. The required number of votes is 255. How many students attend the school? (Please also write the equation)

Answer 1

254/2=127

127*3=381

381+1=382

Explanation:

254/2 because 2/3 of the students is 254 and this is to simplify it

127*3 because 127 is 1/3 of the total number of students so 127*3 would be 3/3 of the students or all of them

381+1 because we had to take out 1 of the students because there was an aditional vote so we add him back in

The Answer Is: 382

Equation: (254/2)*3+1