Question

You are doing marketing research to find out the purchasing potential of students in the community. Based on the latest census, there are 9,860 students in a population of 62,400 people. What percent of the total population is students?

A.

6.3
B.

7.3
C.

15.8
D.

52.5
E.

84.2

Answer 1

C

Explanation:

To find how much one number (let it be x) is a percentage of another number (let it be y), we can do the following:

`(x)/(y)*100`

We divide the percentage we want (percentage of students) by the total number of students. Then, we multiply that by 100 to convert the decimal into a percentage.

Here, students are 9860

Total population is 62,400

To get the % of students, we divide 9860 by 62,400 and then multiply by 100. Shown below:

`(9860)/(62,400)*100=15.80`

Rounding to 1 decimal place, that is 15.8%

Answer choice C is right.