There are 5 chaperones for every 14 kids on a field trip. If there are 152 people on the trip, how many of them are adults?
there are 40 chaperones and 112 kids.
5 chaps. plus 14 kids -- 19 people
152 people divided by 19 -- 8
chaperones = 5 x 8 kids = 14 x 8
dwd
To find out how many adults are on the field trip, we need to determine the ratio of adults to children.
Given that there are 5 chaperones for every 14 kids, we can write this as the ratio 5:14.
We can then set up a proportion to solve for the number of adults. Let's call the number of adults "x":
5/14 = x/152
To solve this proportion, we can cross-multiply:
5 * 152 = 14 * x
760 = 14x
Now, divide both sides of the equation by 14:
760 / 14 = x
x ≈ 54.29
Since we can't have a fraction of a person, we should round the value of x. Therefore, there are approximately 54 adults on the field trip.
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