The clarkdell school system has three schools. School #1 has 500 students

School #2 has 600 students
School #3 has 400 students

What part of a $15,000 allocation will go to school #2?

15,000 divide by 3=
$5,000

Will you check my answer?

This system has a total of 1500 students. 600/1500 = 0.4 = 40%

0.4 * 15,000 = $________________

6,000

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A new route to work decreases commuting time by 12.5 percent. If the old route took 32 minutes, how long does the new route take?

32 -12% = 4
32-4= 28min

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28 minutes is right.

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To find the amount that will go to school #2, we need to know the total number of students in all three schools. Adding up the number of students in each school, we have:

500 + 600 + 400 = 1500 students total

Now, we can use the proportion of school #2's students to the total number of students to find the allocation amount. The proportion is:

600 students ÷ 1500 students = 0.4

To find the part of the $15,000 allocation that will go to school #2, we multiply the proportion by the total allocation:

0.4 × $15,000 = $6,000

So, the correct answer is that $6,000 will go to school #2.

Your answer of $5,000 is not correct. Please double-check your calculations.