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Thirty percent of the students in a high school face a disciplinary action of some kind before they graduate. Of those students, 40% go on to college. Of the 70% who do not face a disciplinary action, 60% go on to college.
-What percent of the students from the high school go on to college?
A) 12%
B) 42%
C) 50%
D) 54%

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 Thirty percent of the students in a high school face a disciplinary action of some kind before they graduate. Of those students, 40% go on to college. Of the 70% who do not face a disciplinary action, 60% go on to college.
-What percent of the students from the high school go on to college?
A) 12%
B) 42%
C) 50%
D) 54%

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54% of the students from the high school go on to college. This is calculated by taking 30% of students who face disciplinary action and multiplying by 40% (12%) and adding this to 70% of students who do not face disciplinary action multiplied by 60% (42%), resulting in a total of 54%.

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