Answer:
119 students
Explanation:
Let's make a proportion using the following setup.
students/ teachers= students/teachers
We know that the ratio of students to teachers is 17 students to 5 teachers. We don't know how many students are in a school with 35 teachers, therefore we can say there are x students in a school with 35 teachers.
17 students / 5 teachers= x students/ 35 teachers
17/5=x/35
We want to find out what x is. In order to do this, we have to get x by itself.
x is being divided by 35. The inverse of division is multiplication. Multiply both sides of the equation by 35.
35*(17/5)=(x/35)*35
35*17/5=x
35*3.4=x
119=x
If there are 35 teachers in the school, there are 119 students.