SOLUTION: A paroxysm of laughter escaped a few. If the ratio of the laughers to the solid was 2:17, and 7600 were in the throng, how many did not laugh? I tried dividing everything in half,

Question 1078587: A paroxysm of laughter escaped a few. If the ratio of the laughers to the solid was 2:17, and 7600 were in the throng, how many did not laugh? I tried dividing everything in half, but that didn't work, so I need a little help, please. Thank you!
Found 2 solutions by KMST, MathTherapy:
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
= number of people who laughed
= number of people who did not laugh
There was a total of 7600 people.
Since , .

We are told that
, so .

We solve for :

There were who did not laugh among the 7600 in the throng.
Answer by MathTherapy(10555) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

A paroxysm of laughter escaped a few. If the ratio of the laughers to the solid was 2:17, and 7600 were in the throng, how many did not laugh? I tried dividing everything in half, but that didn't work, so I need a little help, please. Thank you!

Fraction that laughed:
Fraction that DID NOT laugh:
Number that DID NOT laugh:
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