According to the school survey, 12% of the students at redwood junior high school speak Spanish. There are 36 students at the school who speak Spanish. How many students were surveyed?

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Rudy Jennings

18 February, 04:54

According to the school survey, 12% of the students at redwood junior high school speak Spanish. There are 36 students at the school who speak Spanish. How many students were surveyed?

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Lorelai Riggs · Answer 1

Let x be the no. of students who were surveyed.

from question, we have,

12% of x = 36

=> (12/100) * x = 36

=> x = (36*100) / 12

=> x = 300

Therefore 300 students were surveyed