document.write( "Question 146756: Fast Food. If four out of five doctors prefer fast food, then at a convention of 445 doctors, how many prefer fast food?\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #107182 by nerdybill(7384)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! This is a problem in \"proportions\". \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Let x = doctors preferring fast food \n" ); document.write( "then \n" ); document.write( "4/5 = x/445 \n" ); document.write( "(4/5)445 = x \n" ); document.write( "4(89) = x \n" ); document.write( "356 = x \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |