Question

In a recent year, 24% of all college students were enrolled part-time. If 8.6 million college students were enrolled part-time that year, what was the total number of college students?

Answer 1

The total number of college students in that year was 35.83 million.

We can start by setting up a proportion:

24/100 = 8.6/x

where x is the total number of college students.

Solving for x:

x = (8.6 x 100) / 24
x = 35.83 million

Therefore, the total number of college students in that year was 35.83 million.