Answer :
we have that
If [tex] 8 [/tex] out of every [tex] 20 [/tex] students are absent from school less than five days a year less than five days a year
then
how many students would be absent from school less than five days a year out of [tex] 40,000 [/tex] students
By proportion
[tex] \frac{8}{20} =\frac{x}{40,000} \\\\ 20*x= 8*40,000\\\\ x=\frac{8*40,000}{20} [/tex]
[tex] x= 16,000\ students [/tex]
therefore
the answer is
[tex] 16,000\ students [/tex]