Question

New York State has taken a leading position in raising the standards of its high school graduates. In the year 2003, every graduate needed to pass a series of test call Regents exams. Your cousin lives in a New York State county in which only 6/10 graduates receive Regents diploma. If 5400 students in your cousin’s county earned a Regents diploma last year, estimate the total number of high school graduates in the county last year?

Answer 1

9000 school graduates.

Explanation:

Given,

Only 6/10 graduates receive a diploma and 5400 students graduated last year.

6 people regents exam when the total graduates are = 10

1 people regents exam when the total graduates are = 10/6

5400 people regents exam when the total graduates are = (10/6)*5400

= 9000

So, the total number of high school graduates is 9000.