The pie charts below show the percentage of students in each faculty at North West University and the number of non-US students in the Arts faculty. These percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole number. There are a total of 1049 students in Arts faculty. Use this information to answer the following questions.
How many students are there in the Engineering faculty?
Solution
Let the total number of students be x Now it is given that 1049 students are in arts which is 23% so we can say x(23/100) = 1049 We get x =4560 Now Engineering faculty = 9% so we get number = (0.09)(4560) = 410
