Question

price. Find the sale price. There are 252 students on the student council at West High School. If there are 700 students enrolled, what percent are on the student council?

Answer 1

We have in total 700 students

252 students are on the students council

700 is 100%

252 is x

x represents the percentage of the student's council, in order to calculate x we need to do the next operation

$x=\frac{252\cdot1}{700}=0.36$

252 is the 36%

the percent of students that are on the student council is 36%