Question

There are 3700 students at Mountain High School, and of the remaining students (not juniors) are also in favor of forming a snowboarding team. How many students are opposed to this idea?

Answer 1

The number of students that are in favor of this idea are: 518

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Since 2/5 of the students are seniors. Then:

Number of Seniors = (2/5) * 3700

Number of Seniors = 1480

Number that are not seniors = 3700 - 1480 = 2220

4/5 of the seniors are opposed to the school forming a rock climbing team. Thus:

Number of seniors that don't like rock climbing = (4/5) * 1480 = 1184

9/10 of the remaining students (not seniors) are also opposed to forming a rock climbing team. Thus:

(9/10) * 2220 = 1998

The number of students that are in favor of this idea are:

3700 - (1184 + 1998) = 518 like rock climbing

Complete question is:

There are 3700 students at Canyon High School and 2/5 of these students are seniors.

If 4/5 of the seniors are opposed to the school forming a rock climbing team and 9/10 of the remaining students (not seniors) are also opposed to forming a rock climbing team,

how many students are in favor of this idea?