66% of the students at a college are from instate if 14,586 students are from instate how many students attend the college

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anonymous · Answer

Well, first you would find out how many students there are for each percentage point.

anonymous · Answer

So divide the number of students by the percentage.

anonymous · Answer

I did and I came up with 221 and its wrong

anonymous · Answer

Well, that's the first step. That's only to figure out the numbers of students per percentage point. Since you're looking for 100% of the population, you would then multiply 221 by 100

anonymous · Answer

No that's not correct. It's how much students attend the college if 66% are from instate 14586 are instate students

anonymous · Answer

Ok sorry got it