SOLUTION: can someone help me with this! please! will it be 66% A survey of 400 people found that 66 were left-handed. What percent of those surveyed were left-handed?

Question 68535: can someone help me with this! please! will it be 66%
A survey of 400 people found that 66 were left-handed. What percent
of those surveyed were left-handed?
Answer by rmromero(383) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What is asked in the problem?
What percent of those surveyed were left-handed?

Given : A survey of 400 people found that 66 were left-handed.

Let x = the percent of those surveyed that were left-handed
66 is what percent of 400
66 = x � 400
66 = 400x

0.165 = x
or
16.5%

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