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Suppose 60% of the graduating class in a certain high school goes to college. If 240 students from this graduating class are going to college, how many students are in the class?

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Answer:

400 total students

Step-by-step explanation:

The [tex]240[/tex] students representing the [tex]60/%[/tex] that go to college woulf be represented as so in the following equation:

[tex]60/%=240[/tex]

To find the total amount of students, you change [tex]60/%[/tex] to a factor of [tex]100(/%)[/tex]. [tex]10[/tex] is a multiple of [tex]100[/tex] so we could divide both sides of the equation by [tex]6[/tex] to turn [tex]60/%] into [tex]10/%[/tex], like this:

[tex]60/%=240→10/%=40[/tex]

To find the total, the equation must equal [tex]100/%[/tex]. To do this, you can multiply both sides by [tex]10[/tex], like this:

[tex]10/%=40→100/%=400[/tex]

According to your calculations, there are 400 students in the class.