SOLUTION: if 27 million is 98% of the population how much is the other 2%?

Question 52256: if 27 million is 98% of the population how much is the other 2%?
Found 2 solutions by rchill, funmath:
Answer by rchill(405) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The problems becomes . So, solving for x, we get , which simplifies to . Now we can either take 2% of that number to get the answer, or just subtract 27000000 from it. Let's do the latter and we get 551,020.
Answer by funmath(2933) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This can be done several ways.
If x is the total population, and 27 million is 98% of that, then:
27 million=.98x
27 million/.98=.98x/.98
27.551020 million=x
Now if you subtract 27 million from the total you get the other 2%.
27.551020 million-27 million=.551020 million or 551,020
You also get that value by multiplying the 27.551020 by .20, try it and see for yourself!
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