In a school there are totally 108 students in the third, fourth, and fifth grades. The third grade has 11 fewer students than the fourth grade, and the fourth grade has 16 more students than the fifth grade. How many students are there in each grade?

there are about 36 students in each grade.

Step-by-step explanation:

divide the total amount of students by the amount of grades. 108/3 = 36

we have three similar triangles, because each has a right angle and shares an angle.   let's write the angles in order: opposite to short leg, long leg, hypotenuse.

cab similar to bad similar to cbd

or as ratios,

ca: ab: cb = ba: ad: bd = cb: bd: cd

we also know

ac = ad + cd

(ad+cd): ab: cb = ba: ad: bd = cb: bd: cd

(ad+cd)/cb=cb/cd

we have cb=6, ad=5 and seek x=cd.

we reject the negative root and conclude x=4

answer: 4

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