Question

At a college, the ratio of faculty/staff to students is 3 to 13. If there are 4000

people at the college, how many students are there?

Answer 1

Let's call the number of students at the college "x". Then, the number of faculty/staff is 3 times that number, or 3x. The total number of people at the college is the sum of the students and faculty/staff, which is x + 3x = 4x.

According to the problem, the ratio of faculty/staff to students is 3 to 13, so we can write an equation:

3x / x = 3 / 13

To find the number of students, we can solve for x:

4x = 4000

x = 1000

So, there are 1000 students at the college.