Question

85% of students at a school went on a field trip to the zoo if there were 290 students on the trip how many students in total attended that school

Answer 1

Total number of students in the school = 341

Step-by-step explanation

The number of students at the field trip that went to the zoo as a percentage of the total number of students in the school is given as

`\begin{gathered} \text{Percentage of students in the school that went on the trip} \\ =\frac{\text{Number of students that went on the field trip}}{Total\text{ number of students in the school}}*100\text{ percent} \end{gathered}`

Percentage of students in the school that went on the trip = 85%

Number of students that went on the field trip = 290

Total number of students in the school = ?

Let the total number of students in the school be x

85% = (290/x) × 100%

Divide both sides by 100%

0.85 = (290/x)

Cross multiply

x = (290/0.85)

x = 341 to the nearest whole number.

Hope this Helps!!!