Last year at a certain high school, there were 100 ninth graders on the honor roll and 95 tenth graders on the honor roll. This year, the number of ninth graders on the honor roll increased by 5% and the number of tenth graders on the honor roll increased by 20%. By what percentage did the total number of students on the honor roll increase? Round your answer to the nearest tenth (if necessary).Answer:
Q. Last year at a certain high school, there were 100 ninth graders on the honor roll and 95 tenth graders on the honor roll. This year, the number of ninth graders on the honor roll increased by 5% and the number of tenth graders on the honor roll increased by 20%. By what percentage did the total number of students on the honor roll increase? Round your answer to the nearest tenth (if necessary).Answer:
Calculate Ninth Graders Increase: Calculate the new number of ninth graders on the honor roll after a 5% increase.Original number of ninth graders on the honor roll: 100Percentage increase: 5%New number of ninth graders = Original number + (Original number × Percentage increase)New number of ninth graders = 100+(100×0.05)New number of ninth graders = 100+5New number of ninth graders = 105
Calculate Tenth Graders Increase: Calculate the new number of tenth graders on the honor roll after a 20% increase.Original number of tenth graders on the honor roll: 95Percentage increase: 20%New number of tenth graders = Original number + (Original number × Percentage increase)New number of tenth graders =95+(95×0.20)New number of tenth graders =95+19New number of tenth graders =114
Calculate Total Last Year: Calculate the total number of students on the honor roll last year.Total last year = Number of ninth graders + Number of tenth gradersTotal last year =100+95Total last year =195
Calculate Total This Year: Calculate the total number of students on the honor roll this year.Total this year =New number of ninth graders+New number of tenth gradersTotal this year =105+114Total this year =219
Calculate Percentage Increase: Calculate the percentage increase in the total number of students on the honor roll.Percentage increase = [(Total this year−Total last year)/Total last year]×100Percentage increase = [(219−195)/195]×100Percentage increase = [24/195]×100Percentage increase \approx 12.3077Round to the nearest tenth: \approx 12.3\%
More problems from Find probabilities using the binomial distribution