SOLUTION: A new virus is released on the internet, the administrator of a departmetn's Lower Area Network(LAN) is given minutes by a manager to estimate the impact. AThe administrator sampl

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Question 179100: A new virus is released on the internet, the administrator of a departmetn's Lower Area Network(LAN) is given minutes by a manager to estimate the impact. AThe 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.
Answer by Mathtut(3670) About Me  (Show Source):
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12%2F7=216%2Fx....x is the number of infected PC's
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12x=7%28216%29
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12x=1512
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highlight%28x=126%29infected pc's