Suppose 48% of students chose to study Spanish their senior year, and that meant that there were 204 such students. How many students chose not to take Spanish their senior year?

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TazeemE136378 TazeemE136378 · Answer 1 · 2022-10-29T10:03:24+02:00

From the given question:

The percentage of students who chose to study Spanish their senior year is 48%.

Now,

Let the total number of students is x

Since there were 204 such students that chose to study Spanish their senior year

According to the question,

[tex]\begin{gathered} 48\%\text{ of x=204} \\ 0.48x=204 \\ x=\frac{204}{0.48} \\ x=425 \end{gathered}[/tex]

Then,

The number of students who chose not to take Spanish :

[tex]425-204=221[/tex]

Hence, 221 students who do not choose to take Spanish.