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

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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(6784) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x = number of students taking languages
given:
.42x+=+1512
x+=+3600
OK