In a recent year, 21% of all college students were enrolled part-time. If 7.2 million college students were enrolled part-time that year, what was the total number of college students?

Question

Round your answer to the nearest million.

Answer 1

To find the total number of college students given that 21% were enrolled part-time and 7.2 million students were enrolled part-time, we can set up the equation using the percentage:

Let \( x \) be the total number of college students. We know that:

\[ 0.21x = 7.2 \text{ million} \]

To solve for \( x \), we can divide both sides by 0.21:

\[ x = \frac{7.2 \text{ million}}{0.21} \]

Calculating that gives:

\[ x = 34.2857 \text{ million} \]

Rounding to the nearest million:

\[ x \approx 34 \text{ million} \]

Thus, the total number of college students is approximately 34 million.