SOLUTION: Please help me solve: The american dietetic association states that 11 out of every 25 people do not eat breakfast. If there are 175 students in a large lecture class, about how

Question 617691: Please help me solve: The american dietetic association states that 11 out of every 25 people do not eat breakfast. If there are 175 students in a large lecture class, about how many did not eat breakfast?
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Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, vleith:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are roughly (11/25)*(175) = (11*175)/25 = 1925/25 = 77 people who did not eat breakfast.
Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Use a ratio

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