SOLUTION: one third of students at Central High are seniors. Three fourth of the seniors will go to college next year. What percentage of the students at Central High will go to college next

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Question 361249: one third of students at Central High are seniors. Three fourth of the seniors will go to college next year. What percentage of the students at Central High will go to college next year.
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one third of students at Central High are seniors, of which 3/4 will go to collge.
3/4*1/3 = 3/12 Or 1/4 of the student body
1/4 = .25
25% of the students at Central High will go to college next year.