gmat prep question

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gmat prep question

by yvonne12 » Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:08 am
A college admissions oficer predicvts that 20 percent of the students who are accepted will not attend the college, According to this prediction, How many students should be accepted to achieve a planned enrollment of X students?

Ans.1.25

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by gmatme » Thu Apr 12, 2007 1:43 pm
Planned entrollment = 100%
80% student will join the college, so,

x * 80 % = 100%

x = 100/80 = 1.25