At the​ college, 57​% of first year students are enrolled in a composition course. There are 720 first year students this year. How many of them are taking a composition​ course?

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To determine how many first-year students are taking a composition course, we need to calculate 57% of the total number of first-year students. Here's the step-by-step process:

1. Convert the percentage to a decimal:
\( 57\% = 0.57 \)

2. Multiply the decimal by the total number of first-year students:
\( 0.57 \times 720 \)

3. Perform the multiplication:
\( 0.57 \times 720 = 410.4 \)

Since we typically don't have a fraction of a student, we'll round to the nearest whole number.

So, approximately 410 first-year students are taking a composition course.