Question

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

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

So divide the number of students by the percentage.

Answer 3

I did and I came up with 221 and its wrong

Answer 4

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

Answer 5

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

Answer 6

Ok sorry got it