SOLUTION: 12% of the popularion of the U.S. ( as of 1992) are African-American. If the U.S. population is 258 million, how many African-Americans live in the United States.

SOLUTION: 12% of the popularion of the U.S. ( as of 1992) are African-American. If the U.S. population is 258 million, how many African-Americans live in the United States.

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Question 178603: 12% of the popularion of the U.S. ( as of 1992) are African-American. If the U.S. population is 258 million, how many African-Americans live in the United States.
Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
take the total possible 258000000 and multiply by percentage of African-American
12% is .12 in decimal form.
:
258000000(.12)=30,960,000........so over 30 million African-Americans in US.
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