SOLUTION: The school you want to go to has an acceptance rate of 12%. That means that 12% of the students who apply to the school get in. The school took in 2,400 students last year. How man

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Question 1076222: The school you want to go to has an acceptance rate of 12%. That means that 12% of the students who apply to the school get in. The school took in 2,400 students last year. How many students applied?
Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, ikleyn:
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let +x+ = the number who applied
given:
+.12x+=+2400+
+x+=+20000+
20,000 applied

Answer by ikleyn(52814) About Me  (Show Source):