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There are 420 fans at a high school basketball game. The ratio of students to parents is 5 to 2. Exactly how many more students are there than

parents at the game?

There are 420 fans at a high school basketball game. The ratio of students to parents-example-1
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Answer:

180 more students than parents at the game

Explanation:

There are 5 students for every 2 parents equalling 7 people in one set of students to parents ratio.

There are 420 fans at the game. Divide the 420 by the 7 people per set.

420 / 7 = 60 (There are 60 sets of 5 students to 2 parents ratio)

Multiply the 60 sets by 5 students and 2 parents, respectively:

60 x 5 = 300 students

60 x 2 = 120 parents

Subtract the number of parents from number of students:

300 students - 120 parents = 180 more students

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