Question

A college has a 30% completion rate, meaning that 30% of all students who start at the college complete the goal they set. The president of the college sets a goal of increasing this number by 50%. What will the completion rate goal be as a percentage.

Answer 1

45%

Explanation:

For simplicity, let use assume there are 100 students in the school.

No. of students to complete college = (30/100) x 100 = 30 Students

President wants to increase by 50% = (50/100) x 30 = 15 Students

New set goal = 30 + 15 = 45 students.

Total number of students = 100 students

Therefore;

Rate goal % = (45/100) x 100% = 45%