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help i am stuck look at the image to see but here anyways A teacher is planning a class trip to the aquarium. The aquarium requires two chaperones for every 15 students. The teacher plans accordingly and orders a total of 85 tickets. How many tickets are for chaperones and how many are for students

help i am stuck look at the image to see but here anyways A teacher is planning a-example-1

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Answer:

Kids- 75

Chaperones- 10

Explanation:

We know that the total is 85 tickets. then the aquarium requires 2 chaperones for 15 kids, so you need to do...

15 + 2 = 17

85 / 17 = 5

15 x 5 = 75

2 x 5 = 10

check you work-

75 + 10 = 85

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75 tickets are for the students and 10 are tickets are for the chaperones
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