At a particular school $50 %$ of children travel by bus.
If this represents 550 children, how many children attend the school?
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$1100$ children attend the school.

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Step 1 ：Let x be the total number of children attending the school. Then, we can set up the proportion: $\frac{550}{x} = \frac{50}{100}$

Step 2 ：Solve for x: $x = \frac{550 \times 100}{50}$

Step 3 ：Calculate x: $x = 1100$

Step 4 ： $1100$ children attend the school.