Question

A university's freshman class has 8600 students. 1634 of those students are majoring in Economics. What percentage of the freshman class are Economics majors?

Answer 1

To find the percentage of the freshman class that are majoring in Economics, you can use the following formula:

\[
\text{Percentage} = \left( \frac{\text{Number of Economics majors}}{\text{Total number of students}} \right) \times 100
\]

Substituting the values from the problem:

\[
\text{Percentage} = \left( \frac{1634}{8600} \right) \times 100
\]

Now, calculate \(\frac{1634}{8600}\):

\[
\frac{1634}{8600} \approx 0.1903
\]

Now multiply by 100 to convert it to a percentage:

\[
0.1903 \times 100 \approx 19.03
\]

Thus, the percentage of the freshman class that are Economics majors is approximately:

\[
\boxed{19.03\%}
\]