A student plans to transfer from a college that uses the quarter system to a college that uses the semester system. The number of semester hours a student receives credit for is directly proportional to the number of quarter hours the student has earned. A student with 54 quarter hours is given credit for 36 semester hours. How many semester hours credit should a student receive after completing 87 quarter hours?

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Micah Horne

1 May, 19:18

A student plans to transfer from a college that uses the quarter system to a college that uses the semester system. The number of semester hours a student receives credit for is directly proportional to the number of quarter hours the student has earned. A student with 54 quarter hours is given credit for 36 semester hours. How many semester hours credit should a student receive after completing 87 quarter hours?

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Colin Molina · Answer 1

54 quarter hours ... 36 semester hours

87 quarter hours ... x semester hours = ?

If you would like to know how many semester hours credit would a student receive after completing 87 quarter hours, you can calculate this using the following steps:

54 * x = 87 * 36

54 * x = 3132 / 54

x = 3132 / 54

x = 58

Result: A student with 87 quarter hours is given credit for 58 semester hours.