Two students are absent. This is 1/8 of the entire class. How many students are in the entire class?
Write the equation:
How would you write an equation?
(1/8)x = 2
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To write an equation, we need to first understand the information given in the problem.
We are told that two students are absent, and this represents 1/8 of the entire class. Let's call the total number of students in the class "x".
Since two students are absent, the remaining number of students in the class would be (x - 2).
According to the problem, the number of absent students is 1/8 of the entire class. So, we can set up the following equation:
(x - 2) = (1/8) * x
This equation represents that the number of students remaining in the class after the two absences is equal to 1/8 multiplied by the total number of students.
To solve this equation and find the number of students in the entire class, we can cross-multiply and solve for x.