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29% of a university's freshman class are majoring in Economics. If 870 students in the freshman class are Economics majors, how many students are in the freshman class?
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Answer:

3000

Step-by-step explanation:

[tex]\frac{870}{x} =\frac{29}{100} \\\\29x=87000\\x=3000[/tex]

Double check:

29% = 0.29

3000(0.29) = 870

So 29% of the 3000 freshmen students taking economic majors are 870 students.

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