At Lakeview High School, 45% of the students bought yearbooks. If 945 students bought yearbooks, how many students are in the school?

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At Lakeview High School, 45% of the students

bought yearbooks. If 945 students bought
yearbooks, how many students are in the school?

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Answer:

$2,100\:\:\text{students}$

Explanation:

Let
represent the number of students in the school. We have the following equation:

0.45x=945 .

Solving, we get:

$x=(945)/(0.45),\\x=\boxed{2100}$ .

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