SOLUTION: A town has 10,000 families; 0.1 of 1% of these families have incomes over 75,000 a year. The number of such families is?

Question 260877: A town has 10,000 families; 0.1 of 1% of these families have incomes over 75,000 a year. The number of such families is?
Found 2 solutions by Greenfinch, Fombitz:
Answer by Greenfinch(383) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
0.1% is 1 in 1000
So there are 10 in 10,000
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
10000*1/100=100 families equals 1%
0.1(100)=10 families
0.1 of 1% of 10,000 is 10 families.
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