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lee and fred are elementary school teachers. fred works for a charter school in pacific palisades, california, where class size reduction is a goal for 2013. lee works for a noncharter school where funds do not allow for class size reduction policies. lee’s fifth-grade class has 1.4 times as many students as fred’s.

a. if there are a total of 60 students, how many students does fred’s class have? number of students

b. if there are a total of 60 students, how many students does lee’s class have? number of students

No. of students in Fred's class is 25

No. of students in lee's class = 1.4*25=35

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : . Lee’s fifth-grade class has 1.4 times as many students as Fred’s.

To Find:

a. If there are a total of 60 students, how many students does Fred’s class have? Number of students _____  

b. If there are a total of 60 students, how many students does Lee’s class have? Number of students _____

Solution :

Let no. of students in Fred's class be x

Since we are given that  Lee’s fifth-grade class has 1.4 times as many students as Fred’s.

Thus no. of students in lee's class = 1.4x

Since we are given that total no. of students are 60

⇒x+1.4x = 60

⇒2.4x = 60

⇒

⇒

a. Thus no. of students in Fred's class is 25

b .No. of students in lee's class = 1.4*25=35

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