Every seventh-grade student at Martin Middle School takes one world language class. One-tenth of the seventh-grade students take French. Eighteen seventh-grade students take French.

Which equation represents s, the total number of seventh-grade students at the middle school?
18 = 0.1 s
18 = StartFraction 10 over s EndFraction
StartFraction s over 0.1 EndFraction = 18
10 s = 18

the correct option is:

b. a value of the variable that makes the polynomial equal to zero.

the root or roots of a polynomial are the values of the variable that makes the polynomial equal to 0. we can find the roots of a polynomial making the expression equal to 0 and then, isolating the variable (it it has just one variable).

for example, given the following polynomial:

the root or zero of the polynomial, can be found by making the expression equal to 0, and then, isolating the variable, so, finding the root we have:

therefore, we have that the root of the polynomial is equal to 2.

we must remember that the number of roots that a polynomial can have, will depend on the degree of the polynomial, a first degree polynomial have will have one single root, a second degree polynomial (quadratic expression) may have two roots and so.

hence the correct option is:

b. a value of the variable that makes the polynomial equal to zero.

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