SOLUTION: Four out of five college students work while studying for their degrees. There are about 16,000 college students in Brevard County, Florida. At this rate, how many of these 16,000

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Question 1127476: Four out of five college students work while studying for their degrees. There are about 16,000 college students in Brevard County, Florida. At this rate, how many of these 16,000 students would you expect work? Use a proportion to set up and solve this problem.

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Answer by josgarithmetic(39616)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
80 percent of 16000
Answer by ikleyn(52775)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The relevant proportion is


 = 


which gives you for the number of students who are expected to work


x =  = 12800.    ANSWER

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