At a certain university the student to teacher ratio is 16:1. If there are 2,000 students enrolled, how many teachers must be employed to maintain this ratio? 

       A. 28,000   B. 200   C. 215   D. 125 

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Respuesta :

Obviously from a test.

Cross multiply.

16:1
2000:x

2000 = 16x
/16        /16
  125 = x

Therefore there must be 125 teachers to support 2000 students.

Answer:

D. 125

Step-by-step explanation:

Ratio between students and teacher = 16:1 , 16/1 =2000 /x , x = 2000/16 = 125 teachers