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Four ninths of the kids walk to school if 248 kids walk to school what is the total school population

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You solve it like this: You put in a format where you cross-mutiply
4 248 248 * 9 the numbers then divide to get x, or in this
9 x = 2232 case, total school population.
Answer: 248 kids / 558 total school
4x = 2232 population
x = 558
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