Question

Ono day at high school 1/2 of the students were absent and 1/5 of those present went on a trip.If the number of students studying in school that day was 704 how many students are enrolled at high schoo?

Answer 1

Answer:

⅞⅚ is the correct answer

Answer 2

Say there are x students at Central High School. Then x/12 are absent, which means 11x/12 are not absent. Of those not absent, 1/5 go on a field trip, so 4/5 of them remain. (4/5)(11x/12) = 44x/60 are left in school.

44x/60 = 704

44x = 42,240

x = 960