At the beginning of a class period, half of the students in a class go to the library. Later in the period, half of the remaining students go to the computer lab. If there are 8 students remaining in the class, how many students were originally in the cla

A 12
B 16
C 24
D 32

Correct Answer: 32

Let the total number of students be x. Number of students going to library = x/2 Number of students going to computer lab = 1/2 of the remaining x/2 = x/4 Therefore, x - (x/2 + x/4) = 8 or, x - 3x/4 = 8 or, x/4 = 8 So, x = 32.
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