SOLUTION: Abberations decreased by 92% from the first to the second sample. If only 6 abberations were noted in the second sample, how many abberations were noted in the first field sample?

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Question 139628: Abberations decreased by 92% from the first to the second sample. If only 6 abberations were noted in the second sample, how many abberations were noted in the first field sample?
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Abberations decreased by 92% from the first to the second sample. If only 6 abberations were noted in the second sample, how many abberations were noted in the first field sample?
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Let "x" be the number of abberations in the 1st sample.
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If there wasn a 92% decrease, there was an 8% survival.
EQUATION:
0.8x = 6
x = 6/0.8
x = 75 (# in the 1st sample)
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Stan H.