Question

at a large high school, 272 students walk to school, this represents 21% of all students, how many students attend theschool

Answer 1

To find out how many students attend the school in total, you can set up a proportion based on the given information:

272 (students who walk to school) is 21% of the total number of students (let's call it "x").

So, you can write the proportion as:

272 / x = 21 / 100

Now, you can solve for x:

272 * 100 = 21 * x

27,200 = 21x

Now, divide both sides by 21 to find x:

x = 27,200 / 21
x ≈ 1,295.24

So, approximately 1,295 students attend the school in total. Since you can't have a fraction of a student, you can round this to the nearest whole number. Therefore, approximately 1,295 students attend the school.


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