Question

HELP PLEASE!!!

In a recent year, 26% of all college students were enrolled part-time. If 4.4 million college students were enrolled part-time that year, what was the total number of college students? Round your answer to the nearest million.

Answer 1

Answer: 17 million

Explanation:

We will set up a proportion to solve. We also will divide 26% by 100 to get a decimal, 0.26. We know that 26% of college students was 4.4 million, but we want to find 100%.

`\displaystyle \frac{0.26}{4.4\text{ million}} =\frac{1}{x\text{ million}}`

Now, we will cross-multiply.

0.26 * x = 1 * 4.4

0.26x = 4.4

Lastly, we will divide both sides of the equation by 0.26. Then, we will round to the nearest million.

x = 16.923

x ≈ 17 million