in the month of may a certain middle school has an average daily absentee rate of 8% each school day. The absentee rate is the percent of students who are absent from school each day.

a. Write an equation that shows the proportional relationship between the number of students enrolled in the middle school and the average number of students absent each day during the mont of may. Let 's' represent the number of students enrolled in school, and let 'a' represent the average number of students absent each day in may.