Homework Help: Math126

Posted by Kelli on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at 3:11pm.

A Community College has 3,000 student and 90 instructors.The college plans that enrollment will be 3,500 next year.How many new instructors should be hired if the college wants to keep the same students to instructor ratio?

Math126 - Ms. Sue, Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at 3:17pm
Cross multiply and solve for x.

3,000/90 = 3,500/x

Subtract 90 from your answer to find the number of instructors the college needs to hire.

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