A local university has 2,815 Hispanic students out of a total of 20,250 students. How many more Hispanic students would the university need in order for the Hispanic students to have proportional representation? I don’t understand how to solve this.

A local university has 2,815 Hispanic students out of a total of 20,250 students. How many more Hispanic students would the university need in order for the Hispanic students to have proportional representation? I don’t understand how to solve this.

Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897, 0079039898, 2018

18th Edition

ISBN:9780079039897

Author:Carter

Publisher:Carter

Chapter6: Systems Of Linear Equations And Inequalities

Section6.1: Graphing Systems Of Equations

Problem 59PFA

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