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A university organizes an event in which all tenth-grade students from three school districts are invited to visit the university campus. Each school district serves students from kindergarten through twelfth grade.

This table shows information about the districts from which students will be invited.

Number of Students in a District
District Name Number of Students in the District
Allegany County 9,022
Anne Arundel County 75,481
Baltimore City 83,799

The organizers expect 10% of the invited students to attend.

  • Write an equation that can be used to predict the total number of tenth-grade students expected to attend.
  • Describe the assumptiuons you used to determine your equation.
  • Estimate the total number of tenth-grade students expected to visit the university.

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