Question

A university's freshman class has 8900 students. 3471 of those students are majoring

in Engineering. What percentage of the freshman class are Engineering majors?

Answer 1

To determine the percentage of Engineering majors in the freshman class, divide the number of Engineering majors (3471) by the total number of students (8900) and then multiply by 100, which yields 39.01%.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the percentage of the freshman class that are Engineering majors at the university, we can use the formula for calculating a percentage:

Percentage of Engineering majors = (Number of Engineering majors / Total number of students) × 100%

Substitute the given numbers into this formula:

Percentage of Engineering majors = (3471 / 8900) × 100%

Performing the division, we get:

Percentage of Engineering majors = 0.3901 × 100%

Finally, multiplying by 100 to convert to a percentage, we find that:

Percentage of Engineering majors = 39.01%

Therefore, 39.01% of the freshman class are majoring in Engineering.