Start off making the 2% into a decimal so you can multiply it with the full amount of applications for the year before. 2% in decimal is .02 because you move the decimal twice to the left. Now that you have .02, multiply it by 11,450. (11,450)*(.02) which should be 279. Now you have to add the 279 to the 11,450 because they were admitted as well. (11,450+279)= 11,679
