Question

If a university wants to maintain a 14:1 ratio between students and teachers, how many teachers would be needed to accommodate 896 students

Answer 1

Answer:64

Explanation:

Answer 2

So we want to know the number of teachers the university should have if the ratio of students to teachers is 14:1 and the number of students is 896. If x is the number of teachers: 14/1=896/x. Now we solve for x: Lets multiply both sides with x: x*(14/1)=896 and divide both sides by 14 and we get: x=896/14 and x=64. So the university should have 64 teachers.