The present ratio of students to teachers at a certain school is 45 to 1. If the student enrollment were to increase by 50 students and the number of teachers were to increase by 5, the ratio of students to teachers would then be 25 to 1. What is the present number of teachers?  Choose the correct choice from the following answers:
A) 4  B) 8  C) 10  D) 12  E) 15
We are given that the ratio of students to teacher is 45 to 1. We can rewrite this using variable multipliers.   students : teachers = 45x : x   We are next given that student enrollment increases by 50 and the number of teachers increases by 5. With this change the new ratio becomes 25 to 1. We can put all this into an equation:   Students/Teachers  25/1 = (45x + 50)/(x + 5)   If we cross multiply we have:   25(x + 5) = 45x + 50   25x + 125 = 45x + 50   3.75 = x   x~4   Since x is the present number of teachers, currently there are 4 teachers.   4nswer 4.
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The present ratio of students to teachers at a certain school is 45 to 1. If the student enrollment were to increase by 50 students and the number of teachers were to increase by 5, the ratio of students to teachers would then be 25 to 1. What is the present number of teachers?