In a recital there were 15 boys dancing. if 1/3 of the dancers were boys how many dancers were there in all?

Total no. of dancers=45

Step-by-step explanation:

we are given

1/3 of boys dancers=15

we have to find

total number of dancers=?

as we know that

there are 1/3 of total dancers=15

then total number of dancers will be calculated by multiplying 3 on both sides

and that will be

total number of dancers[(1/3)*3]=15*3

total number of dancers=45

or

step-by-step explanation:

we need to solve for 'x' the following equation:  

we have that:

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factorizing, we get that:

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then, the solutions are: or

nothing extraneous has been found!