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the school chorus has 52 students, which represents 26% of the seventh graders. How many students are in the seventh grade

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Set up a proportion, where x = the total number of students in 7th grade:

\(\frac{52}{x}=\frac{26}{100}\)

Then, cross multiply and solve for x:

\(\frac{52}{x}=\frac{26}{100}\\26x=5200\\26x/26=5200/26\\x=200\)

Therefore, there are 200 students in the 7th grade.

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