Question

Shelley survived her classroom to find their favorite local band. She found that for every 5 classmates who chose The Hypesters, she had 3 classmates who chose Shkirmish. If 24 of her classmates chose Shirmish, how many chse The Hypesters?

Answer 1

Given that for 5 classmate choosing Hypester 3 classmates choose Shkirmish.

Therefore, for 1 classmate choose Shkirmish then 5/3 classmate choosing Hypester.

So, for 24 classmates choosing Shkirmish, then the number of classmate choosing Hypester is,

`24*(5)/(3)=40`

Therefore, 40 classmates chose Hypester.