Question

Pls help me understand!
A university law school accepts 6 out of every 13 applicants. If the school accepted 498 students, find how many applicants they received

Answer 1

Answer:

1079 applicants

Step-by-step explanation:

This is a simple ratio- I set up the problem as:

$\frac{6}{13}$ = $\frac{498}{x}$

Then you solve it, but the "shortcut" process is just to multiple the diagonal, then divide by the corner number.

13 x 498 = 6474

6474/6 = 1079

I hope this helps!