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On a certain high school athletic team, the ratio of freshmen to sophomores to juniors to seniors is 1:3:4:6. If there are 60 juniors on the team, how many students in total are on the team?
A. 90
B. 140
C. 150
D. 180
E. 210
The OA is E
On a certain high school athletic team, the ratio of freshmen to sophomores to juniors to seniors is 1:3:4:6.
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Solution:BTGmoderatorLU wrote: ↑Wed Oct 21, 2020 4:26 amSource: Magoosh
On a certain high school athletic team, the ratio of freshmen to sophomores to juniors to seniors is 1:3:4:6. If there are 60 juniors on the team, how many students in total are on the team?
A. 90
B. 140
C. 150
D. 180
E. 210
The OA is E
The entire ratio can be expressed as: 1x + 3x + 4x + 6x = total. For the juniors, we can create the equation:
4x = 60
x = 15
So there are 1x + 3x + 4x + 6x = 14x = 14(15) = 210 students on the team
Answer: E
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