At Little Rock School, 476 students ride their bike to school. If this number is 85% of the school enrollment, then how many students are enrolled?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-15T11:29:11

#560# students are enrolled.

Let the number of enrolled students is #x#

In given statement, #x*85/100=476 #

#:. x=(476*100)/85 :. x=560#

#560# students are enrolled . [Ans]

Answer 2 · 2018-03-15T11:44:47

#560# students

Any percentage question can be done using direct proportion.

We have:

#476# is to #85%# as what number is to #100%#?

#476/85 = x/100" "(larr"students")/(larr"percent")#

#x = (476xx100)/85#

#x=560# students