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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 a proportion to estimate the number of infected PCs if there are a total of 216 PCs connected to the LAN. Thanks! This question is from textbook

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For the following problem, you need to give a proportion whose solution gives the answer to the problem. You must name the variable that you used in the proportion.
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 a proportion to estimate the number of infected PCs if there are a total of 216 PCs connected to the LAN. Thanks!
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Proportion:
x/216 = 7/12
x = 216)(7/12) = 126
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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