Question

THIS IS THE FINAL QUESTION!! In Mr. Brown's class, %80 of the students live more than half a mile from school. Of those students, %80 come to school by public transportation. Of the students using public transportation, %75 take the bus, and %75 of those students buy monthly bus passes. How many students ar in mR. Brown's class??? Please help i need the whole equation but i don't undrestand thank you again for helping me!!!! :] THANK YOU!!!!!!

Answer 1

@jim_thompson5910 any idea how to solve this??

Answer 2

PLEASE?

Answer 3

you're missing information

Answer 4

I see a whole bunch of percentages, but no actual value of any specific number of people

Answer 5

this is exactly what it says in my algebra book

Answer 6

and you're sure all the numbers given are percentages?

Answer 7

yea

Answer 8

thats why it's confusing

Answer 9

yeah usually when I see something like this, they'll give you a number (eg: the number of people who take the bus, buy a month pass etc)

Answer 10

you would then use that number to find the original total

Answer 11

ikr im guessing the # of people is 100

Answer 12

so there's either a typo or you might have missed something

Answer 13

no

Answer 14

im looking it over i didnt miss anything

Answer 15

is it possible to show me the actual problem with a screenshot or camera shot?

I want to see it for myself

Answer 16

alright, well then all I can say is that information is missing

Answer 17

maybe

Answer 18

and you should bring it up with your teacher

Answer 19

ok thank you

Answer 20

np, sorry I couldn't be of any help

Answer 21

but hold on 1 sec.

Answer 22

ok

Answer 23

thanks

Answer 24

sorry blurry

Answer 25

lol it's mirrored, but i can fix that easily, so no worries

Answer 26

ok

Answer 27

ah ah...9 that's what I wanted

Answer 28

9 students bought month passes

Answer 29

o ok your smart

Answer 30

ah ha* not smart enough to not catch that typo lol

Answer 31

anyways, you first multiply all the percentages given to get _____

Answer 32

keep in mind that 80% = 0.8 and 75% = 0.75, etc etc

Answer 33

lol ok i gtg to bed school tomorrow.. bye thank you for the help!!!

Answer 34

well basically you will have this equation


0.8*0.8*0.75*0.75*x = 9


where x = # of students in the class

Answer 35

its nerd day tomorrrow

Answer 36

hahaha

Answer 37

ok

Answer 38

so....

0.36x = 9

x = ???

Answer 39

nerd day?

Answer 40

lol yea and x=25 students

Answer 41

perfect

Answer 42

haha thanks for all your help

Answer 43

sure thing

Answer 44

bye

Answer 45

bye, have a good night