At a particular college, 95% of the undergraduate are female. If 3990 women attend the college, how many total undergraduates attend the college?

Answer 1

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

On a question like this you want to take the given value and then divide by the percentage in order to get the total.

That would mean taking

3990 women / 95% = 3990 / 0.95 = 4200 total undergraduates

I hope that helps get you moving in the right direction! Feel free to reach out if you have any additional questions beyond that :)

Answer 2

0.95n = 3990

n = 3990 / 0.95 = 4200

There are 4200 undergraduates.