Question

A certain college had 5,000 applicants and 3/8 of thes applicants were female. The college admitted 40 percent of all applicants and an equal number of male and female applicants.

What is the percentage of female applicants admitted to the college?

What is the male applicants admitted to the college?

Answer 1

so female = (3/8)(5000) = 1875
then male = 3125

total admitted= .4(5000) = 2000
so half were male, half were female

male admitted = 1000
female admitted = 1000

percentage of females admitted = 1000/1875 = 53.3%
percentage of males admitted = 1000/3125 = 32%

Answer 2

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