The incoming 7th grade class has 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 student? Round to the nearest whole number.
213 students can take Spanish
283 students can take Spanish
425 students can take Spanish
638 students can take Spanish
The number of Spanish classes is 3 times the number of French classes, so we can set up the equation 3x = y, where x is the number of French classes and y is the number of Spanish classes. We also know that the total number of classes is the sum of the number of French and Spanish classes, which is x + y = 850.
Substituting the value of y from the first equation into the second equation, we have x + 3x = 850, which simplifies to 4x = 850. Solving for x, we divide both sides by 4 and get x = 212.5.
Since x represents the number of French classes, we round it to the nearest whole number and get 213. Thus, there are 213 French classes and 3 times that number, or 3 * 213 = 639, Spanish classes.
Since each class represents a group of students, there are 213 students who can choose French and 639 students who can choose Spanish.