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In Kendra's school, 2 out of every 5 seventh graders went to a movie theater over the weekend. If there are 80 students in the seventh grade, how many of them saw a movie?

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Answer:

32 People

Explanation:

In this word problem, there is a ratio of 2:5 students.

Using this ratio we can divide the total amount of people --> 80

80 divided by 5 = 16 people

Now we simply multiply the factor ratio of 2 to get the answer

2 * 16 = 32 people

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