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Question 780294: Using data compiled by the Admissions Office at an imaginary university, college admissions officers estimate that 65% of the students who are offered admissions to the freshman class at the university will actually enroll.
(a) Find an equation that expresses the relationship between the number of students who actually enroll (y) and the number of students who are offered admission to the university (x).
(b) If the desired freshman class size for the upcoming academic year is 1300 students, how many students should be admitted?
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! college admissions officers estimate that 65% of the students who are offered admissions to the freshman class at the university will actually enroll.
(a) Find an equation that expresses the relationship between the number of students who actually enroll (y) and the number of students who are offered admission to the university (x).
y = 0.65x
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(b) If the desired freshman class size for the upcoming academic year is 1300 students, how many students should be admitted?
1300 = 0.65x
x = 1300/0.65 = 2000
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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Part (b): That depends on what you mean by the word "admitted". To me that means students who actually walk through the front door and are enrolled. Clearly, if you want 1300 freshmen, then you have to admit and enroll 1300. On the other hand, if what you mean by "admitted" is "offered admission" then you need to solve:
where
Precise language is essential to the study of mathematics. If you repeated the question verbatim from what was provided by your instructor, then I would take your teacher/instructor/professor/whatever to task for being imprecise in a setting that cannot tolerate such looseness.
John
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