Question
51% of a university's freshman class are majoring in Economics. If 4590 students in the freshman class are Economics majors, how many students are in the freshman class?
Answers
GPT-4o mini
Let \( x \) be the total number of students in the freshman class. According to the problem, 51% of the freshman class are majoring in Economics, which can be written mathematically as:
\[
0.51x = 4590
\]
To find \( x \), we can solve the equation by dividing both sides by 0.51:
\[
x = \frac{4590}{0.51}
\]
Calculating the right-hand side:
\[
x = 9000
\]
Thus, the total number of students in the freshman class is
\[
\boxed{9000}
\]
\[
0.51x = 4590
\]
To find \( x \), we can solve the equation by dividing both sides by 0.51:
\[
x = \frac{4590}{0.51}
\]
Calculating the right-hand side:
\[
x = 9000
\]
Thus, the total number of students in the freshman class is
\[
\boxed{9000}
\]