the ratio of right handed to left handed students in the school was 3 to 14. if the total number in both categories was 714 how many right handed students were in the school? please help its due tomorrow! i totally forgot about the extra homework my teacher assigned.
I think your first statement is wrong. the ratio of right handed to left handed students in the school should be 14 to 3.
To solve this problem, we need to set up an equation based on the given information.
Let's assume the number of right-handed students is represented by "3x" (since the ratio of right-handed to left-handed students is 3:14), where "x" is a constant.
According to the problem, the total number of right-handed students and left-handed students is 714. Therefore, we can set up the equation:
3x + 14x = 714
Combining like terms, we have:
17x = 714
To solve for x, divide both sides of the equation by 17:
x = 714 / 17
Now, let's calculate x:
x ≈ 42
Since x represents the number of times the ratio appears, we can multiply it by the ratio to find the number of right-handed students:
3x ≈ 3 * 42 ≈ 126
Therefore, there are approximately 126 right-handed students in the school.