Question

The drama club is planning a field

trip. Two-thirds of the drama club
will attend, in addition to 8 teachers.
There are 48 people going on the
field trip. Write an equation you can
use to find the number of students
in the drama club.

Answer 1

`(2)/(3)s+8=48`.

Explanation:

• If we indicate the amount of students in the drama club as"s", we know that
  `(2)/(3)s` is attending to the trip.
• We also know that there are will be 8 teachers in the trip as well.
• If the total amount of persons that will go on the trip reachs 48, which is the sum of 8 teachers and the
  `(2)/(3)s` of the students:
  `(2)/(3)s+8=48`.

• Then, the equation that describes the situation is
  `(2)/(3)s+8=48`. If we subtract 8 from both sides of the equation, and then we have
  `(2)/(3)s=40`, which means that s=60.