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Question 143938: A new virus is released on the internet; the administrator of a department's Local Area Network ( LAN) is given five minutes by a manager to estimate the impact. The administrator samples 12 of the PCs connected to the LAN, and finds that 7 are infected; use proportion to estimate the number of infected PCs if there are a total of 117 PCs connected to the LAN.
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The administrator samples 12 of the PCs connected to the LAN, and finds that 7 are infected; use proportion to estimate the number of infected PCs if there are a total of 117 PCs connected to the LAN.
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x/117 = 7/12
x = 117(7/12)
x = 68.25
Rounding down you get x = 68 of the 117 are infected.
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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