Last year, a state university received 3.500 application from boys. These applications represented 40% of all applications. How many applications did the university receive in a…

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Samuli Ulmanen · Answer 1 · 2021-08-23T14:05:44+0000

Answer:

The university received 8750 applications last year

Explanation:

Last year, a state university received 3,500 application from boys and these applications represented 40% of all applications.

If the total number of applications they received is represented as T, we have that:

40% of T = 3,500

=>
(40)/(100) * T = 3500

Cross-multiplying and simplifying:

$T = (3500 * 100)/(40)\\\\T = 8750$

The university received 8750 applications last year.