Question

Suppose 72% of students chose to study French their freshman year, and that meant that there were 378 such students. How many students chose not to take French their freshman year?

Answer 1

There were 378 students who chose to study French their freshman year. This means that 72% of the total number of students chose to study French their freshman year. Therefore, the total number of students must be 378 / 0.72 = 527.5. This means that there were 148.5 students who chose not to take French their freshman year.

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