Problema Solution

There are 250 members in the high school band. This represents 12 more than 3/15 of all the students enrolled at the high school. Write and solve an equation to find the total number of students in the high school

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let 'x' be the number of the students in the high school


250 = 12 + (3/15)x


12 + (3/15)x = 250


by solving the equation we find


x = 1190 students


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total number of students in the high school is 1190.