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1. In a certain town of 46000 households, 85% of the households own TV sets.
1.1. What percentage of the households in this town do not own TV se
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1. In a certain town of 46000 households, 85% of the households own TV sets.
1.1. What percentage of the households in this town do not own TV sets?
1.2.how many households do not own TV sets?
Answer by ikleyn(52786) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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To answer first question, subtract 85% from 100%.
You will get 15%, or, in other words, 0.15 part of the given number of households.
To answer the second question, multiply 46000 by 0.15.
That's all.
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