A university law school accepts 7 out of every 11 applicants. If the school accepted 665 students, how many applications did the

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Fittoniya [83] · Answer 1 · 2022-11-08T18:21:01+03:00

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Answer:

1,045 applications

Step-by-step explanation:

Create a proportion where x is the number of applications they received:

$\frac{7}{11}$ = $\frac{665}{x}$

Cross multiply and solve for x:

7x = 7315

x = 1045

So, they received 1,045 applications