Question

ALL of the Students at Beach Middle School voted for a trip to the zoo or the aquarium.

- 25% of the students voted for the aquarium
- 120 students voted for the zoo
What is the total number of students at Beach Middle School?

Answer 1

160

Explanation:

If there were only 2 options, all the people who didn't pick one chose the other one.

So if 25% of the people voted for the aquarium the remaing 75% voted for the zoo.

Since three times as many people voted for the zoo, we can see that 120/3=40, so 40 people chose the aquarium.

To find the total number of students, we add 120 and 40 to get 160