Problema Solution
at the football game, there are 4 students for every 3 adults in attendence. if there are 390 adults at the game, how many people attended alltogether?
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Let 'x' represent the number of people altogether.
If there are 390 adults at the games then the rest are students or there are x - 390 students at the game.
We also know that for every 3 adults there are 4 students in attendance:
3 : 4 = 390 : (x - 390)
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x = 910 people
There are 910 people altogether.