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The annual tuition for undergraduate college students attending 4-year institutions varies depending on the college. The histogram below shows the tuition amounts for a representative sample of 120 students from various parts of the United States.

What percent of the total number of students spend less than $3,000 annually? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
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The annual tuition for undergraduate college students attending 4-year institutions varies depending on the college. The histogram below shows the tuition amounts for a representative sample of 120 students from various parts of the United States. 

What percent of the total number of students spend less than $3,000 annually? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
  %

anonymous · Answer

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fibonaccichick666 · Answer

first, that is so so wrong..... college is like 15 thousand a year...

fibonaccichick666 · Answer

at a state school...

fibonaccichick666 · Answer

second, do you know how to figure out how many students total there are?

anonymous · Answer

yes it says its 120

fibonaccichick666 · Answer

where?

fibonaccichick666 · Answer

ah nvm,

fibonaccichick666 · Answer

so now, you need to see how many students pay 3 thousand or less, can you find that?

fibonaccichick666 · Answer

also, tag me if I don't come back, I'm not getting notifications

anonymous · Answer

yes

anonymous · Answer

@FibonacciChick666

fibonaccichick666 · Answer

ok, so how many students payed less than 3 thousand?

anonymous · Answer

40

fibonaccichick666 · Answer

good, so now can you tell me the fraction of students who payed less than 3?

anonymous · Answer

how do you find the fraction?

fibonaccichick666 · Answer

well, if you had 3 quarters, 75 cents, what fraction of a dollar is that?

anonymous · Answer

3/4

fibonaccichick666 · Answer

right, now how did you get that?

anonymous · Answer

3 quarter is 3/4

anonymous · Answer

so its 75%

fibonaccichick666 · Answer

but what does the 3 represent, and what does the 4 represent?

anonymous · Answer

i have no idea

fibonaccichick666 · Answer

ok, so it's a concept thing here that you will need to understand

fibonaccichick666 · Answer

so the '3' represents the number of quarters you have.  the '4' represents the number of quarters needed to make a dollar.

fibonaccichick666 · Answer

ie: how many you have over the total

anonymous · Answer

75%

fibonaccichick666 · Answer

I don't want a percent.  We are just talking fractions

fibonaccichick666 · Answer

fractions are necessary to make per cents

anonymous · Answer

3/4

anonymous · Answer

its asking for percent

fibonaccichick666 · Answer

I am aware the question is, but if you don't understand the fundamental fractions behind it, you cannot ever get the percent

fibonaccichick666 · Answer

so if you have 8 dimes, what fraction of a dollar do you have?

anonymous · Answer

i dont really understand this

fibonaccichick666 · Answer

Do you know how to find "o if you have 8 dimes, what fraction of a dollar do you have?"?