The yearbook club had a meeting. The meeting had 30 people, which is five-sixths of the club. How many people are in the club?

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kimberly_pr · Answer

I think 35 @Will.H

will.h · Answer

explain how you got that while i check the question to safe time :)

kimberly_pr · Answer

OK, well I divided 30 by 6 and got 5, and then I added 5 to 30 to get 35

will.h · Answer

Not correct you don't have neither 5 nor six.. you have five-sixth which means 
$$\frac{ 5 }{ 6 }$$ and they told you that the meeting had 30 people but they wanna know how many people are in that club. 

So x would be the total number of the people in the club (since it is unknown) and you should  now form an equation and solve for x (which represent the number of people in the club) 
$$\frac{ 5 }{ 6 }x = 30$$
it's funny that this equation is the exact same one that we solved awhile ago

kimberly_pr · Answer

OMG it is, so the answer is 36 people :) thank you!

will.h · Answer

you're welcome :)