Thirty percent of the students in a high school face a disciplinary action of some kind before they graduate. Of those students, 40% go on to college. Of the 70% who do not face a disciplinary action, 60% go on to college.

Question

What percent of the students from the high school go on to college?

Answer 1

First, we need to determine what percent of the students face a disciplinary action and go on to college.

Let's say there are 100 students in the high school.

30% of the students face a disciplinary action, so 30/100 * 100 = <<30/100*100=30>>30 students face a disciplinary action.

Out of those 30 students, 40% go on to college, so 40/100 * 30 = <<40/100*30=12>>12 students from the disciplinary group go on to college.

70% of the students do not face a disciplinary action, so 70/100 * 100 = <<70/100*100=70>>70 students do not face a disciplinary action.

Out of those 70 students, 60% go on to college, so 60/100 * 70 = <<60/100*70=42>>42 students from the non-disciplinary group go on to college.

Adding the number of students from both groups who go on to college, we get 12 + 42 = <<12+42=54>>54 students.

Since there are 100 students in total, the percent of students from the high school who go on to college is 54/100 * 100 = <<54/100*100=54>>54%. Answer: \boxed{54}.