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
The ratio of Spanish classes to French classes is 3 to 1. Therefore, the total number of classes is 3 + 1 = 4.
To find out how many students can choose Spanish, we need to divide the total number of students by the total number of classes: 850 / 4 = 212.5
Since the number of students must be a whole number, we round 212.5 to the nearest whole number, which is 213.
Therefore, 213 students can choose Spanish.