Question

You are performing marketing research to find out the purchasing potential of students in the community. based on the latest census, there are 9860 students in a population of 62400 people. what percent of the total population is students?

Answer 1

9860 / 62400 = 15.8% of the population are students.
All you need to is divide the two numbers together and your answer should be 15.8 .  15.8% is the population of the students.

Answer 2

Answer:

15.8%

Step-by-step explanation:

The percent of the total population that are students may be computed by expressing the ratio of the number of students to the total population of people as a percentage.

Given that there are 9860 students and  the total population of people is 62400, the percent of the total population is students

= 9860/62400 * 100%

= 15.8%