115k views
4 votes
there are 9,860 students in a population of 62,400 people. What percent of the total population is students?

User Wituz
by
8.4k points

1 Answer

6 votes
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".
User David Boho
by
8.1k points

No related questions found

Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.

9.4m questions

12.2m answers

Categories