SOLUTION: The school you want to go to has an acceptance rate of 12%12%. That means that 12%12% of the students who apply to the school get in. The school took in 2,4002,400 students last ye

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Question 1076221: The school you want to go to has an acceptance rate of 12%12%. That means that 12%12% of the students who apply to the school get in. The school took in 2,4002,400 students last year. How many students applied?
Answer by jorel1380(3719) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Assuming the acceptance rate is 12%, and the school accepted 2400 students last year, let n be the number of students applying. Then:
.12n=2400
n=2400/.12=20,000 students applying last year. ☺☺☺☺