A school district is forming a committee to discuss plans for the construction of a new high school. Of those

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A school district is forming a committee to discuss plans for the construction of a new high school. Of those invited to join the committee, 15% are parents of students, 45% are teachers from the current high school, 25% are school and district administrators, and the remaining 6 individuals are students. How many more teachers were invited to join the committee than school and district administrators?

Accepted Answer

The correct answer is 8. The 6 students represent of those invited to join the committee. If x people were invited to join the committee, then . Thus, there were people invited to join the committee. It follows that there were teachers and school and district administrators invited to join the committee. Therefore, there were 8 more teachers than school and district administrators invited to join the committee.

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