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Chapter 2: Q40. (page 115)

ATHLETES At Piedmont High School, 3 out of every 8 students are athletes. If there are 1280 students at the school, how many are not athletes?

Short Answer

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800 students are not athletes.

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01

Step 1. Write down the given statement.

It is given that 3 out of every 8 students are athletes.

02

Step 2. By method of proportion.

Let the total athletes be x. Therefore the proportion can be written as:

38=x12808x=312808x=38408x8=38408x=480鈥塧迟丑濒别迟别蝉

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Step 3. Subtracting 480 from a total of 1280 will give the students who are not athletes.

Students that are not athletes will be:

=1280鈭�480=800students

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