There are 48 students studying foreign language at the community college. If the only two foreign languages offered are French and Spanish, and 28 students are studying French, which of the following represents the ratio of students studying Spanish to the total number of foreign language students?

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Carolina Cannon

Mathematics

19 July, 00:07

There are 48 students studying foreign language at the community college. If the only two foreign languages offered are French and Spanish, and 28 students are studying French, which of the following represents the ratio of students studying Spanish to the total number of foreign language students?

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Lindsey Ware · Answer 1

48 is the total

Subtract 48-28, giving you 20, which stands for the students taking spanish.

The ratio you want to find is (spanish:total)

so you get 20:48.

Simplified you get, 5:12