SOLUTION: A telephone directory has 743 pages and an average of 380 entries on each page. Find and correct to the nearest thousand, the number of entries in the directory. And, if 17% of the

Question 1110377: A telephone directory has 743 pages and an average of 380 entries on each page. Find and correct to the nearest thousand, the number of entries in the directory. And, if 17% of the subscribers do not have their telephone numbers listed in the directory, find the total number of subscribers. Give your answer correct to the nearest thousand.
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
number is 743*380 or 282340 or 282,000 to the nearest thousand.
the number is .83 of the total, so the total is 282,340/0.83=340,000 to the nearest thousand.

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