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The ratio of students to teachers at a school is 19:1. At this school, there are 400 people (teachers and students). How many of these 400 people are students?

(enter the number only, without the unit)

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380 students is correct Answer
User Richard Miskin
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Answer:

380

Explanation:

First, figure out that in the ratio of 19 : 1, there are 20 people. 400 divided by 20 = 20. This means you have to multiply the number of students in the original ratio (19) by 20 to get the actual amount of students.

19 × 20 = 380 so there are 380 students.

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