SOLUTION: seven-sixteenths of the assembled throng squatted in place. If 6399 did not squat in place, how many did squat in place?

SOLUTION: seven-sixteenths of the assembled throng squatted in place. If 6399 did not squat in place, how many did squat in place?

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Question 625805: seven-sixteenths of the assembled throng squatted in place. If 6399 did not squat in place, how many did squat in place?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The number that did not squat in place was
of the throng
Let = the entire throng

The number that squatted in place was

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