SOLUTION: In a resort area during the summer months, only one out of eight people is a year-round resident. the otheres are there on vacation. if the year-round population of the area is 300

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: In a resort area during the summer months, only one out of eight people is a year-round resident. the otheres are there on vacation. if the year-round population of the area is 3000, how many people are there in the summer?


plz help me? with either this one or the other.
This question is from textbook discovering algebra. an investigative approach

Answer by rcmcc(152)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
since the population is this is the same as
so

cross multiply the terms to get 1x=24000 so there are 24000 non year round students at the resort.

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