9A:
The problem says 35% of the 3560 applications are from boys who lived in other states.
This can be expressed as:
3560*35% = 3560*0.35 = 1246 applications.
9B:
The problem says applications to the university (3560 applications) represented 40% of all applications.
This can be expressed as:
3560 = 40% * A, where A = number of applications received in all.
To find how many applications received in all, just solve for A.
A = 3560 / 0.4 = 8900 applications.
The key to these types of problems is that "of" signals multiplication. For example, 40% of all applications is 40% * all applications.