The school you want to go to has an acceptance rate of 12%. that means that 12% of the students who apply to the school get in. the school took in 2,400 students last year. how many students applied?

The total number of students who have applied for the admissions in the school last year = 20000  

Step-by-step explanation:

The school you want to go to has an acceptance rate of 12%.

⇒ 12% of the students who apply to the school get in

Now, Total number of students that are being selected = 2400

We need to find the total number of students those who have applied for the admission

Let the number of students who have applied for the admission be x

Now, using the condition given in the problem, we have :

12% of x = 2400

⇒ 0.12 × x = 240

⇒ x = 20000

Thus, The total number of students who have applied for the admissions in the school last year = 20000