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A school district needs 3 teachers for every 70 children. They expect to have 14,700 children in the district next year. At this time, they have 612 teachers. How many more teachers are needed?

a 14
b 18
c 35
d 70

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18 for plato users

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User Oscarthecat
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the answer is b.18 because there are a total of 630 teachers needed and 630-612=18
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