Stats Modeling the World, 4th Edition

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ISBN 10: 0133151549
ISBN 13: 978-0-13315-154-1

Chapter 2 - Displaying and Describing Categorical Data - Exercises - Page 39: 27

Answer

a) 16.6% were the Asian students. b) 11.8% were the accepted Asian students. c) 37.7% of Asians were accepted. d) 53.0% of all students were accepted.

Work Step by Step

To find a percentage, always find what fraction of a whole a certain thing is. Then, express this fraction as a decimal by performing division. Finally, multiply by 100% to get the decimal expressed as a percentage.
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