Last year’s freshman class at Big State University totaled 5,324 students. Of those, 1,254 received a merit scholarship to help offset tuition costs their freshman year (although the amount varied per student). The amount a student received was N($3,456, $478). If the cost of full tuition was $4,200 last year, what percentage of students who received a merit scholarship did not receive enough to cover full tuition

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Last year’s freshman class at Big State University totaled 5,324 students. Of those, 1,254 received a merit scholarship to help offset tuition costs their freshman year (although the amount varied per student). The amount a student received was N($3,456, $478). If the cost of full tuition was $4,200 last year, what percentage of students who received a merit scholarship did not receive enough to cover full tuition? (Round your answer to the nearest whole percent.)

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