David W. answered • 04/12/17
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With 492 students, there are 37 groups of 13 with 11 remainder (left over).
That means that 37*6 = 222 students are accepted from the complete groups. Now, you must decide how many will be accepted from the remaining 11. This may be close enough to accept 6 of the 11 or it may be only 5 of the 11 since it is not a complete group of 13.
So, either 228 or 227, depending on the decision about the remainder.
David W.
Yes, answers may occur at any time and in any quantity.
"school accepts 6 out of every 13 applicants" is a statement of overall average for acceptance. It is not 13 specific students, but numbers that reduce to 6:13 as a ratio. Thus, with a given number of applicants, such as 492, we may predict how many will be accepted.
The "37 groups" mentioned is merely the quotient that was used to predict the number accepted. The remainder of 11 poses a question as to how the 6:13 ratio will be applied to 492.
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