Central middle school has 2,470 students and the ratio of students to teachers is 26:1. how many new teachers are needed to reduce this ratio to 19:1

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anonymous · Answer

26/1=2470/x

anonymous · Answer

is this equation right and all i have to do is solve it

anonymous · Answer

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tainted · Answer

2470/26=95
2470/19=130
130-95=35

35 new teachers are needed

anonymous · Answer

why  did you divide it to 19

tainted · Answer

because you need to reduce the ratio from 26:1 to 19:1 and it asks how many new teachers are needed which is goes from 95 to 130 teachers so it would be 35 new teachers.

anonymous · Answer

oh i understand thank you so much

tainted · Answer

No problem!