SOLUTION: 76% of all students who apply for a student loan are approved for the loan. Of the students who are approved 84% pay the loan back in full. If 5000 students from state school ap

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Question 984941: 76% of all students who apply for a student loan are approved for the loan.
Of the students who are approved 84% pay the loan back in full.
If 5000 students from state school applied for student loan how many of them are expected to pay the loan back in full?

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Given:
5000 students from state school applied for student loan, of which 76% are approved.
Out of the approved loans, 84% repay the loan in full.

Need:
How many students out of the 5000 are expected to repay in full?

Solution:
Number of applications = 5000
Number of loans approved = 5000*0.76 = 3800
Number of loans repaied = 3800*0.84 = 3192

Answer:
3192 loans out of 5000 will be repaid in full.