Sixty-two percent of the students at Kennedy High School are involved in extra curricular activities. If 152 students are not involved in extra curricualr activities, how many students are there at Kennedy High School?
Since 62% are involved, then 38% are not involved.
1.00 - 0.62 = 0.38
Let x equal the total number of students.
0.38x = 152
x = 400
To solve the problem, we need to find the total number of students at Kennedy High School. Let's assume "x" represents the total number of students.
We know that 62% of the students are involved in extracurricular activities, which means 100% - 62% = 38% of the students are not involved in extracurricular activities.
So, we can create an equation: 38% of x = 152 students.
To find 38% of x, we convert the percentage to decimal form by dividing it by 100: 38/100 = 0.38.
Now, we can rewrite the equation: 0.38x = 152.
To find the value of x, we need to isolate it. We can do this by dividing both sides of the equation by 0.38:
x = 152 / 0.38.
Evaluating the right side of the equation, we get:
x = 400.
Therefore, there are 400 students at Kennedy High School.