4 Which equation will solve the following word problem? Sue's class has 50 students. 20% of the students are in art class. How many students are NOT in art class?

50/(50 * 0.20) = x

50 + (50 * 0.20) = x

50 - (50/0.20) = x

50 - (50 * 0.20) = x

50 - (50 * 0.20) = x

Step-by-step explanation:

Student in art class = 20% or 20/100 or 0.2

Student NOT in art class = 80% or 80/100 or 0.8

Total number of students = 100% or 100/100 or 1, which equivalent to 50 students

x = total number of students - 20%

= 50 - ( 50 x 0.2 )

= 50 - 10

= 40 students

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step-by-step explanation:

we can analyze the pattern at which the terms increase. let us denote , , , so that we can call

note the following:

the pattern: to get the next term value, we just add the next term number (e.g. 1st, 2nd, to the previous term value (term values are the given numbers in the question, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15,

from , to get to , we add

from , to get to , we add

etc.

we need to form a recursive formula, a formula that has the next term as a function of the previous term. so a possible recursive formula can be

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