Only 12% of the people who applied to a certain university were accepted. If 1,020 people were accepted to the university, how many applied?

Question

Only 12% of the people who applied to a certain university were accepted. If 1,020 people were accepted to the university, how many applied?

Answer 1

Percentage problems can usually be written as:

 

Percent/100 = Part/Whole

 

We can use this equation to fill in the information we known and solve for the missing piece.

 

In this case we are given the Percent and the Part, so we are missing the Whole.

 

12/100 = 1020/x

 

Cross multiplying we get:

 

12x= 100 * 1020

12x= 102000

x=8500

 

Hope that helped!

Answer 2

Hello, thank you for taking the time to post your question!

In order to solve this one you want to take

Total Applications = Accepted People / Acceptance Rate

Total Applications = 1020 / 0.12 = 8500

Meaning that in total 8500 people applied

I hope that helps you get moving in a better direction on this type of question! Feel free to reach out if you have any additional questions beyond that :)

Answer 3

0.12 (# applied) = 1020

 

Therefore # applied = 1020 / 0.12.  Answer: 8500