SOLUTION: A college finds that 42% of the students taking a foreign language are enrolled in Spanish. If 1512 students are taking Spanish, how many foreign language students are there? Wha

Question 279320: A college finds that 42% of the students taking a foreign language are enrolled in Spanish. If 1512 students are taking Spanish, how many foreign language students are there? What I came up with is 3600. Is this correct? Please advise. Thank you.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number of students taking languages
given:

OK
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