SOLUTION: The school you want to go to has an acceptance rate of 15%. That means that 15% of the students who apply to the school get in. The school took in 1,800 students last year.

Question 1125235: The school you want to go to has an acceptance rate of 15%.
That means that 15% of the students who apply to the school get in.
The school took in 1,800 students last year.
How many students applied?
Answer by ikleyn(52810) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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0.15x = 1800  ====>


x =  = 12000.

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