SOLUTION: 120 people passed an entrance exam. If they are 40% of the people who took the entrance exam. How many people took the entrance exam?

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Question 1194663: 120 people passed an entrance exam. If they are 40% of the people who took the entrance exam. How many people took the entrance exam?
Answer by ikleyn(52855) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let x be the unknown number of people that took the entrance exam.


Then you have this equation for x, from the condition,

    0.4x = 120,


which implies

    x = 120%2F0.4 = 300.



ANSWER.  300 people took the entrance exam.

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