Jackson Middle School has 6 students in choir for every 1 student in band. If there are 59 students in band, how many students are in choir? A. 53

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To find out how many students are in choir, we can use the ratio of choir students to band students given in the problem.

The problem states that there are 6 students in choir for every 1 student in band. This means the number of choir students (C) is 6 times the number of band students (B).

Given that there are 59 students in band (B = 59), we can set up the equation:

\[ C = 6 \times B \]

Substituting in the value for B:

\[ C = 6 \times 59 \]

Now, calculating this:

\[ C = 354 \]

So, there are 354 students in choir.

The answer is not A (53). The correct answer is 354.