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A college admissions officer predicts that 20 percent of the students
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A college admissions officer predicts that 20 percent of the students who are accepted will not attend the college. According to this prediction, how many students should be accepted to achieve a planned enrollment of x students?
A. 1.05x
B. 1.1x
C. 1.2x
D. 1.25x
E. 1.8x
A. 1.05x
B. 1.1x
C. 1.2x
D. 1.25x
E. 1.8x
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Re: A college admissions officer predicts that 20 percent of the students
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27 Jun 2022, 06:18
27 Jun 2022, 06:18
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GeminiHeat wrote:
A college admissions officer predicts that 20 percent of the students who are accepted will not attend the college. According to this prediction, how many students should be accepted to achieve a planned enrollment of x students?
A. 1.05x
B. 1.1x
C. 1.2x
D. 1.25x
E. 1.8x
A. 1.05x
B. 1.1x
C. 1.2x
D. 1.25x
E. 1.8x
20 percent of the students who are accepted will not attend the college
In other words, 80 percent of the students who are accepted WILL ATTEND the college.
In other words, 4/5 of the students who are accepted WILL ATTEND the college.
We can write (4/5)(# accepted) = # who attend
Let x = # of students who attend.
We get the equation: (4/5)(# accepted) = x
Multiply both sides by 5/4 to get: # accepted = (5/4)x
Rewrite as: # accepted = 1.25x
Answer: D
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Brent
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