Question

The total number of students in the seventh grade is 9 more than 4 times as many students as are in the art class. There are 101 students in the seventh grade. Write and solve an equation to find the number of students in the art class. Let x represent the number of students in the art class

Answer 1

Answer:

23 students in the art class

Step-by-step explanation:

There are 101 students in the 7th grade.

Let x be the number of students in art class.

We are told that there the total number, 101, is "9 more than 4 times as many students as are in the art class," x.

Therefore, we can write:

101 = 4x + 9  [The total of 101 is 9 more than 4 times the art class, x]

4x = 92

x = 92/4

x =  23

There are 23 students in the art class.