SOLUTION: Nine out of eleven people at a math convention are bored to tears by cable news. If 2462 people at the convention are not bored by cable news, then how many people at the conventio

Question 1010225: Nine out of eleven people at a math convention are bored to tears by cable news. If 2462 people at the convention are not bored by cable news, then how many people at the convention are bored by cable news?
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.
9/11 bored to tears leaves 2/11 not bored
(2/11)(100%) = 18.181818%
T=Total people=2462/0.181818
.
Percent bored=(9/11)(100%)=81.818181%
Number bored=0.818181(T)
Number bored=0.818181(2462/0.181818)=11079
.
ANSWER: 11079 people at the convention are bored
by cable news.

RELATED QUESTIONS
There are 991 people at the annual comic book convention. Sixty percent of the people at... (answered by edjones)

If 4 delegates are to speak at a convention on how many ways can they... (answered by Boreal)

Registrants at a large convention are offered 6 sightseeing tours on each of 3 days. In... (answered by Boreal)

Registrants at a large convention are offered 6 sightseeing tours on each of 3 days. In... (answered by ikleyn)

A group of friends are renting a bus to attend a convention. The company charges a flat... (answered by josmiceli)

Gud day please help me to solve this: 1.1. Solve the equation -4k2-8k-3=-3-5k2... (answered by Boreal)

Gud day please help me to solve this: 1.1. Solve the equation -4k2-8k-3=-3-5k2... (answered by ikleyn)

Gud day please help me on the following vernna diagram: Given that: During the... (answered by Fombitz)

If four out of five doctors prefer fast food, then at a convention of 445 doctors how... (answered by ewatrrr)