%60 of the freshman ate pizza at lunch today. If 180 freshman ate pizza, how many freshman are enro

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    math_celebrity Administrator Staff Member

    60% of the freshman ate pizza at lunch today. If 180 freshman ate pizza, how many freshman are enrolled at our school?

    60% of x = 180

    We write this as 0.6x = 180

    Divide each side by 0.6 to isolate x.

    We get x = 300 freshman
     

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