Question

In a recent year, 44% of all college students were enrolled part-time. If 7.4 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

From the question, we can make out that 44% of the total number students is 7.4 million (part-time students).

Converting the percentage to decimal:

44% = 44/100 = 0.44

We can say:

0.44 of total is 7.4 million

Let the total number of students be "x", thus, we can write and equation:

`0.44* x=7.4`

With the help of a little algebra, we can solve for x, so that is:

`\begin{gathered} 0.44x=7.4 \\ x=(7.4)/(0.44) \\ x=16.82 \end{gathered}`

Rounding to the nearest million, that is around 17 million

The answer is:

17 million