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The middle school track team consists of sixth, seventh and eighth grade students the 5 sixth grade and 9 seventh grade students make up of 43.75% of the entire team how many eighth grade students are on the team?

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5+9=14

14=43.75%

14/43.75=0.32
100-43.75=56.25x0.32=18

So there are 18 eighth grade students
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