Suppose 8 out of every 20 students are absent from school less than 5 days a year. predict how many students would be absent from school less than 5 days a year out of 40,000 students. explain your steps and show your work.

16,000 students

Step-by-step explanation:

8/20 = x/40,000

20 * x = 8 * 40,000

x = (8 * 40,000)/20

x = 16,000 students

you didn't post any answer choices, so its not 100% clear what your teacher is looking for

however, log(15/7) is equivalent to log(15) - log(7)

i'm using the rule log(x/y) = log(x) - log(y)