Question

Mr .Cruz is the director of an after school program. He says that 170 or 85%of the students went on to attend collage. A parent wants to know the total number of students in the program

Answer 1

Answer:

  200 students were in the program

Step-by-step explanation:

The parent should know how to figure ...

  170/85% = total/100%

This is the same as ...

  total = 170/0.85 = 200

200 students were in the program.

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Critical Thinking

There are three declarative statements here. There is no question. We have made up a question to answer.

Another possible answer to the non-question could be, "The parent can ask his student how many students were in the program."