Question

Pls help me understand!

A university law school accepts 6 out of every 13 applicants. If the school accepted 498 students, find how many applicants they received

Answer 1

1079 applicants

Explanation:

This is a simple ratio- I set up the problem as:

`(6)/(13)` =
`(498)/(x)`

Then you solve it, but the "shortcut" process is just to multiple the diagonal, then divide by the corner number.

13 x 498 = 6474

6474/6 = 1079

I hope this helps!