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The school you want to go to has an acceptance rate of 15%15%. That means that 15%15% of the students who apply to the school get in. The school took in 1800 students last year. How many students applied?

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Let, the number of students who applied for school = x
Then, it would be: x * 15% = 1800
x * 0.15 = 1800
x = 1800 / 0.15
x = 12,000

In short, Your Answer would be 12,000 students applied for that

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