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OpenStax, Contemporary Mathematics §6.1 Understanding Percent · Example 7 · Arithmetic · Decimals & percentages

Understanding Percent · Example 7

Justine applies to a medium size university outside her hometown and finds out that the retention rate (percent of students who return for their sophomore year) for the 2021 academic year at the university was 84%. During a visit to the registrar’s office, she finds out that 1,350 people had enrolled in academic year 2021. How many students from the academic year 2021 are returning for the 2022 academic year?

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OpenStax, Contemporary Mathematics · §6.1 Understanding Percent · Example 7

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