Question

In the 2009 to 2010 school year in country a there were 127,004 in students from country B. This number is 24% more than the number of students from country C. How many foreign students were from country c

Answer 1

If x represents the number of students from country C.

then 122% of x = 116,000

122/100 * x = 116000

Transposing the formula for x;

therefore x = 116000 * 100/122 = 95,082 students