Question

Past data for new students in the College of Business at State U show 23.5% enroll as accounting majors, 12.5% are required to complete a developmental math course upon enrollment, and 2.8% fall into another category. What percentage of students fall into a category not mentioned in the data?

Answer 1

61.2% of the students at State U College of Business fall into categories not mentioned in the given data by subtracting the given percentages from 100%.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate the percentage of students at State U College of Business who fall into categories not mentioned, we need to subtract the given percentages for accounting majors, developmental math course enrollees, and the 'other' category from 100%, which represents the total percentage of students.

• Accounting Majors: 23.5%
• Developmental Math Course: 12.5%
• Other Category: 2.8%

Adding these percentages together gives us:

23.5% + 12.5% + 2.8% = 38.8%

Subtracting this from 100%:

100% - 38.8% = 61.2%

Therefore, 61.2% of the students fall into a category not mentioned in the data.