In a recent year, 44% of all college students were enrolled part-time. If 7.4 million college students were enrolled part-time that year, what was the total number of college students? Round your answer to the nearest million.

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NajlaC45211 NajlaC45211 · Answer 1 · 2022-10-29T11:42:01+02:00

From the question, we can make out that 44% of the total number students is 7.4 million (part-time students).

Converting the percentage to decimal:

44% = 44/100 = 0.44

We can say:

0.44 of total is 7.4 million

Let the total number of students be "x", thus, we can write and equation:

[tex]0.44\times x=7.4[/tex]

With the help of a little algebra, we can solve for x, so that is:

[tex]\begin{gathered} 0.44x=7.4 \\ x=\frac{7.4}{0.44} \\ x=16.82 \end{gathered}[/tex]

Rounding to the nearest million, that is around 17 million

The answer is:

17 million