SOLUTION: The enrollment at a small community college for the fall semester is 10% higher than the enrollment in the fall semester a year ago. The number of students increased by 5%, and the

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Question 1184882: The enrollment at a small community college for the fall semester is 10% higher than the enrollment in the fall semester a year ago. The number of students increased by 5%, and the number of male students increased by 20%. Female students make up what portion of the current enrollment at the community college?
Answer by greenestamps(13198) About Me  (Show Source):
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Faulty statement of the problem....

In the first sentence we are told the enrollment is 10% higher than before; in the second we are told that it is 5% higher.

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Re-post with the correct information.