Question

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 1800 students last year. How many students applied?

Answer 1

n x 0.15 = 1800
n = 1800 / 0.15
n = 12,000

Therefore 12,000 students applied for the school.