The incoming 7th grade class has a choice of FRENCH or SPANISH as a language elective. There are 3 times as many Spanish classes as French classes (or 3 to 1). How many students can choose Spanish if there are 850 students? Round to the nearest whole number.(1 point) Responses 213 students can take Spanish 213 students can take Spanish 283 students can take Spanish 283 students can take Spanish 425 students can take Spanish 425 students can take Spanish 638 students can take Spanish
Since there are 3 times as many Spanish classes as French classes, the ratio of Spanish to French classes is 3:1.
Let x be the number of French classes.
The total number of classes is x + 3x = 4x.
If there are 850 students, and each class has the same number of students, then each class has 850/4x = 212.5 students.
However, since we are rounding to the nearest whole number, the number of students per class is 213.
Therefore, 3x = 213, so x = 71.
Since there are 3 times as many Spanish classes as French classes, there are 3*71 = <<3*71=213>>213 Spanish classes.
Therefore, 213*212.5 = <<213*212.5=45397.5>>45397.5 students can choose Spanish.
Since we are rounding to the nearest whole number, the answer is 454 students can choose Spanish.
Therefore, the correct answer is 425 students can take Spanish.