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In A School Election 3/4 Of The Students Vote. There Are 1464 Ballots. Write And Solve An Equation To Find The Number Of Students

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A simple way to turn this into an equation is by replacing the words with letters:
1464B = 3/4 S

Then you have to remove the 3/4 from the right side of the equation. You can do this by dividing both sides by 3/4:
1464 / 3/4 = S

Then you have to do the sum:
1464
/ 3
= 0488

488
X 4
= 1952

There are 1952 students.
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