Suppose 12% of the students chose to study French their freshman year, and that meant that there were 21 such students. How many students chose not to take French their freshman year?

154 students

Step-by-step explanation:

First get the total number of students .

This can be gotten by

12% of A = 21

Where A represents the total number of students.

12% represents the % of A that chose to study French and 21 is the number of students that studied French .

Therefore,

12% /100% x A = 21

0.12 x A = 21

Divide both sides by 0.12

0.12/0.12 x A = 21/0.12

A = 175

The total number of students is 175.

If 21 chose to study French their freshman year ,number of students that chose not to will be total number of students minus number of those who chose to study French.

That’s

175 - 21

= 154

154 students chose not to study French their freshman year

for ex: the reciprocal of 3/4 is 4/3. it is the opposite.

reciprocal definition:

a mathematical expression or function so related to another that their product is one; the quantity obtained by dividing the number one by a given quantity.