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At a certain university, the ratio of the number of teaching assistant
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At a certain university, the ratio of the number of teaching assistants to the number of students in any course must always be greater than 3:80. At this university , what is the maximum number of students possible in a course that has 5 teaching assistants?
A. 130
B. 131
C. 132
D. 133
E. 134
A. 130
B. 131
C. 132
D. 133
E. 134
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A:S= 3:80=5:x
3x=400 [product of mean =product of extreme]
X=400/3
=133.33
=133 [Now for ratio to be greater than 3/80 reduce the denominator. So just rounded it to lowest integer as number of student can't be in decimal. The new ratio is 5/133, which is less than 3/80 ,SO 133 is the maximum number of students possible.]
3x=400 [product of mean =product of extreme]
X=400/3
=133.33
=133 [Now for ratio to be greater than 3/80 reduce the denominator. So just rounded it to lowest integer as number of student can't be in decimal. The new ratio is 5/133, which is less than 3/80 ,SO 133 is the maximum number of students possible.]
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GeminiHeat wrote:
At a certain university, the ratio of the number of teaching assistants to the number of students in any course must always be greater than 3:80. At this university , what is the maximum number of students possible in a course that has 5 teaching assistants?
A. 130
B. 131
C. 132
D. 133
E. 134
A. 130
B. 131
C. 132
D. 133
E. 134
We are given that the ratio of the number of teaching assistants to the number of students in any course must always be greater than 3:80, and we need to determine the maximum number of students possible in a course that has 5 teaching assistants. Let’s use the following formula, in which t = 5 = the number of teaching assistants and s = the number of students.
t/s> 3/80
5/s > 3/80
400 > 3s
400/3 > s
133.33 > s
Since s must be a whole number, the largest possible value of s is 133.
Answer: D
