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6. Pine Hill Middle School has 300 students.

In Zoey's class, 2 out of 5 students belong
to a club. How many students at the
school would you expect belong to a club?
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Answer:

120 students

Explanation:

The ratio of students in Zoey's class who belong to a club to the total number of students in her class is 2 to 5.

We can set up a proportion to find out how many students in the whole school we would expect to belong to a club:


\sf (2)/(5 )= (x)/(300)

Cross multiplying gives us:


\sf 2 * 300 = 5x


\sf 600 = 5x

Dividing both sides by 5.


\sf x = 120

Therefore, we would expect 120 students at the school to belong to a club.

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