Question

To attend the class field trip, 24 students brought their permission slips.


`\binom{4}{5}`
If this represented of the class, how many students are there in the class? ​

Answer 1

24 divided by 4 = 6

6x5=30

Answer 2

There are 30 students in the class

Explanation:

we can write a ratio as:

8:10 as 24:x

Writing this as an equation gives:

8

10

=

24

x

We can now solve for

x

while keeping the equation balanced:

10

x

×

8

10

=

10

x

×

24

x

10

x

×

8

10

=

10

x

×

24

x

x

×

8

=

10

×

24

8

x

=

240

8

x

8

=

240

8

8

x

8

=

30

x = 30