Question

Give the relevant proportion using correct notation. Of all 1,672,395 members of the high school class of 2014 who took the SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test), 793,986 were minority students.

Short answer

The proportion of minority students who took the SAT in 2014 can be represented as \( \frac{ 793,986 }{ 1,672,395 } \), which simplifies to approximately 0.475 based on rounding to three decimal places.

Step-by-step solution

Identify necessary variables

The total number of students who took the SAT in 2014 is 1,672,395 and the number of minority students is 793,986.

Calculation of proportion

The basic formula for calculating proportion is \( \frac{ 'part' }{ 'whole' } \). Here 'part' is the number of minority students who took the test and 'whole' represents the total number of students. So, substitute the given values into the formula, the proportion of minority students is \( \frac{ 793,986 }{ 1,672,395 } \).

Simplifying

Simplify the fraction obtained in step 2 using a calculator. The result can be rounded to the desired decimal places.