Question

During the budget crisis in California, RCC was forced to cut 216 sections of classes for the Fall 2011 term. This was a 15% cut. How many sections were offered before the 15% cut?

Answer 1

Given
216 sections : 15%
want to know
X sections : 100%

Write the proportion equation
216/15 = X/100
Cross multiply
216*100=15*X
Solve for X
X=21600/15=1440
so there used to be 1440 sections.