SOLUTION: For some reason I am really stuck on this problem. Thank you in advance for your help, you guys are life savers!!!! In 2005 there were 419 pedestrian deaths in Texas, for a rat

Question 111204This question is from textbook university of Phoenix Elementary and Intermediate Algebra
: For some reason I am really stuck on this problem. Thank you in advance for your help, you guys are life savers!!!!
In 2005 there were 419 pedestrian deaths in Texas, for a rate of 1.83 per 100,000 residents. Use a proportion to find the aproximate population of Texas.
Is this how I would set it up?
2005/419
1.83/100,000 This question is from textbook university of Phoenix Elementary and Intermediate Algebra

Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Remember, when setting up a proportion, be sure that the two sides are consistent with respect to the labels.
In your problem, you are dealing with "pedestrian deaths" and "population"
You are given:
1.83 deaths per (over) 100,000 residents (population) and the can be written as a ratio:
Deaths over population.
You need to find how many (x) residents (population) are in Texas if the proportional deaths were 419, so you can write this as a ratio:
Deaths over population.
Set these two ratios equal to each other to get a proportion that you can solve.
Now solve this for x to find the answer to your problem. Invert both sides.
Multiply both sides by 419.

Round to nearest whole person.
x = 22,896,175
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