there are 9,860 students in a population of 62,400 people. What percent of the total population is students?

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there are 9,860 students in a population of 62,400 people. What percent of the total population is students?

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if we take 62,400 to be the 100%, what is 9,860 in percentage off of it?

$\bf \begin{array}{ccllll} amount&\%\\ \text{\textemdash\textemdash\textemdash}&\text{\textemdash\textemdash\textemdash}\\ 62400&100\\ 9860&x \end{array}\implies \cfrac{62400}{9860}=\cfrac{100}{x}$

solve for "x".

David Boho answered Dec 6, 2018