Question

At Southwest HS, the number of student in band is 1 3/4 times the number in orchestra. If 56 students are in orchestra, how many are in band?

Answer 1

56 students* (1 3/4)= 98 students.

There are 98 students in the band~

Answer 2

It is important to take note of all the information's that are given in the question. It would be easy to solve the problem based on the information's given in the question.
Number of students in orchestra = 56
The number of students in band is = 1 3/4 times that are in orchestra
Then
Total number of students in band = (7/4) * 56
= 7 * 14
= 98
So 98 students are there playing in the band. I hope the answer and the procedure is clear to you. In future you can use this procedure to solve similar kind of problems without requiring any help from outside.