If a school has 200 students and 25 teachers, how can a proportion be set up to find how many teachers are needed for 320 students?
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Answer & Analysis
Answer
C
Analysis
To determine how many teachers are needed
for 320 students based on the information that 25 teachers are needed for 200 students,
we can set up a proportion where the ratios of teachers to students are equal.
Given:
25 teachers for 200 students.
We want to find x, the number of teachers
needed for 320 students.
Set up the proportion:
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