SOLUTION: Last year a small college accepted 363 students out
of the 1340 people that applied. If the college
accepted 30% of the female applicants and 25% of
the male applicants, how man
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of the 1340 people that applied. If the college
accepted 30% of the female applicants and 25% of
the male applicants, how man
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Question 349037: Last year a small college accepted 363 students out
of the 1340 people that applied. If the college
accepted 30% of the female applicants and 25% of
the male applicants, how many women applied? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = number of men that applied
Let = number of women that applied
given:
(1)
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(2)
Multiply both sides of (1) by and subtract from (2)
(2)
(1)
560 applicants were women
