SOLUTION: The more sucessful professionals had vocabularies that were 280 percent larger than those who were less sucessful. If those who were less successful knew 4800 words how many words
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Question 122966: The more sucessful professionals had vocabularies that were 280 percent larger than those who were less sucessful. If those who were less successful knew 4800 words how many words did those who were more successful know?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The more sucessful professionals had vocabularies that were 280 percent larger than those who were less sucessful. If those who were less successful knew 4800 words how many words did those who were more successful know?
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280% = 280/100 = 2.8
2.8*4800 = 13440 words
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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