Question

SCHOOLS Jefferson High School has 100 less than 5 times as many studentsas Taft High School. Write and evaluate an expression to find the number of students at Jefferson High School if Taft High School has 300 students.

Answer 1

let x = the number of students at Taft high school
5x-100 = the number of students at Jefferson high school
if x =300 than 5(300)-100=1500-100=1400 students at Jefferson high school