Question

Granite College has 1,200 female students. This represents 40 percent of the total student body. The number of male students at Granite is...how do i figure out this problem

Answer 1

Well, let's say that there are T amount of total students.

40% of total students are female, so the rest of the students (60%) are male.

We can set up an equation.

40T/100=1200 to find T.

Then, plug in T in 60T/100 to find the amount of male students.