Question

The eighth-grade class is planning a trip to Washington, D.C. this spring. They need a minimum of 75 people to attend in order to reserve buses. If one-third of the 8th-grade class plus 17 parent chaperones have signed up and this is enough to satisfy the requirement, how many students must be in the 8th-grade class?

X - how many students must be in the 8th-grade class

Answer 1

There needs to be 174 Students in the 8th grade class.

Explanation:

173(1/3) is 58

58+17=75