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For the choir concert, the choir director has asked that everyone wear either black pants or blue jeans. Three times as many students wore black pants as blue jeans. If there are forty-four students in the choir, how many wore blue jeans? A. 44 B. 33 C. 22 D. 11

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For the choir concert, the choir director has asked that everyone wear either black pants or blue jeans. Three times as many students wore black pants as blue jeans. If there are forty-four students in the choir, how many wore blue jeans? A. 44 B. 33 C. 22 D. 11

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Let's solve this problem step by step:

  1. Let's denote the number of students who wore blue jeans as x.

  2. According to the problem, three times as many students wore black pants as blue jeans. So, the number of students who wore black pants is 3x.

  3. The total number of students in the choir is the sum of the students who wore blue jeans and the students who wore black pants. So, we can write the equation: x + 3x = 44.

  4. Solving this equation gives: 4x = 44.

  5. Dividing both sides of the equation by 4 gives: x = 11.

So, 11 students wore blue jeans. The answer is D. 11.

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