Question

The ratio of students who wear glasses to the total number of students in the class is 2:5 if there are 14 students who wear glasses , how many total students are in the class ?pls explain

Answer 1

35 students in the class.

Explanation:

If there are 5 students in the class, then 2 of them would wear glasses and 3 of them wouldn't. (Equation 1)

Now, there are 14 students how are wearing glasses.

We just times the whole Equation 1 by 7.

If there are 5 x 7 = 35 students in the class, then 2 x 7 = 14 of them would wear glasses and 3 x 7 = 21 of them wouldn't.

So, there are 35 students.