Question

60% of the students in mr.reeds class wear glasses.If 15 students wear glasses, how many students are in mr.reeds class in all?

Answer 1

Answer:

The number of students in Mr Reeds class = 25

Explanations:

% of students that wear glasses = 60%

Number of students that wear glasses = 15

`\begin{gathered} Number\text{ of students that wear glass= }\frac{\%\text{that wear glasses }}{100}* Total\text{ students} \\ \end{gathered}`
`\begin{gathered} 15\text{ = }(60)/(100)* Total\text{ students} \\ 15\text{ = 0.6}*\text{ Total students} \\ \text{Total students = }(15)/(0.6) \\ \text{Total students = }25 \end{gathered}`

The number of students in Mr Reeds class = 25