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34. A school admissions office accepts 2 out of every 7 applicants. Given that the school accepted 630 students, how many applicants were NOT accepted? F. 140 180 490 J. 1,260 K. 1,575

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We were told that the school admissions office accepts 2 out of every 7 applicants. Thus, the probability that the school accepts an applicant is 2/7

There are only two outcomes. It is either the school accepts an applicant or it doesn't. If the school accepts 630 students, It means that 2/7 of the total number of applicants were accepted

Assuming the totla number of applicants is x, it means that

2/7 * x = 630

2x = 630 * 7 = 4410

x = 4410/2

x = 2205

The total number of applicants is 2205

The number of applicants that were not accepted is

2205 - 630 = 1575

1575 applicants were not accepted