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The 11 students in the Environmental Club represent 2% of the students in the seventh grade. How many students are in the seventh grade?

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Answer:

The number of students in the seventh grade is 550.

Explanation:

To find the number of students in the seventh grade, we need to use the information given in the problem: the number of students in the Environmental Club (11 students) and the percentage of students in the seventh grade that the Environmental Club represents (2%).

We can set up an equation to represent this information:

11 students / 2% = X students / 100%

The left side of the equation represents the number of students in the Environmental Club and the percentage of the seventh grade that they represent. The right side of the equation represents the total number of students in the seventh grade and the percentage that represents the whole.

Since percentages are just fractions with a denominator of 100, we can rewrite the equation as:

11 students / 0.02 = X students / 1

Then, we can use algebraic techniques to solve for X. One way to do this is to cross-multiply:

X = (11 students * 1) / 0.02

= 550 students

Therefore, there are 550 students in the seventh grade.

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