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  • 21-06-2021
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A university law school accepts 7 out of every 11 applicants. If the school accepted 665 students, how many applications did they receive?

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  • 21-06-2021

Answer:

1,045 applications

Step-by-step explanation:

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

[tex]\frac{7}{11}[/tex] = [tex]\frac{665}{x}[/tex]

Cross multiply and solve for x:

7x = 7315

x = 1045

So, they received 1,045 applications

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