Question

A magnet school program was set up to bring in students from all over the city. With the first 112 students, the magnet program had 50% from the south side of town, 12.5% from the north side l, and 37.5% from the east side. If 6 more student from the north side and 2 students from the west side side enrolled in the program, what would be the percentage of students from the north side of the city in the program now?

Answer 1

Find out the percentage of students from the north side of the city in the program .

To prove

Formula

`Percentage = (Part\ value* 100)/(Total\ value)`

As given

A magnet school program was set up to bring in students from all over the city. With the first 112 students .

the magnet program had 50% from the south side of town, 12.5% from the north side l, and 37.5% from the east side.

12 .5 % is written in the decimal form.

`= (12.5)/(100)`

= 0.125

North side student be = 0.125 × 112

= 14

As given

If 6 more student from the north side and 2 students from the west side side enrolled in the program .

than north side student becomes = 14 + 6

= 20

Total number of student becomes = 112 + 6 + 2

= 120

put in the above formula

`Percentage =(20*100)/(120)`

`Percentage =(2000)/(120)`

= 16.66% (approx)

Therefore 16.66% (approx) students from the north side of the city in the program .