Ms. Garcia surveyed the students in her class to find out if they own a pet. Two-thirds of the class, or 8 students, own a pet. Complete the equation that models the total number of students, t, in Ms. Garcia's class.

Question

__t = __

Answer 1

If two-thirds of the class own a pet and that corresponds to 8 students, we can set up the equation based on that information.

Let \( t \) represent the total number of students in the class. The relationship can be expressed as:

\[ \frac{2}{3} t = 8 \]

To find the total number of students \( t \), we can solve this equation by multiplying both sides by \(\frac{3}{2}\):

\[ t = 8 \times \frac{3}{2} \]

Calculating the right side gives:

\[ t = 12 \]

So, the complete equation that models the total number of students, \( t \), is:

\[ t = 12 \]