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document.write( "...Dring the course of a week 16% of vehicles tested failed a vehicle emissions test.  If 72 vehicles failed the test, how many vehicles were tested?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "22% is 0.22.  35,400*0.22 = 7,788\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "72 is 16%, so 4.5 is 1%<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The total that failed, 100%, is 100 times 1%, or 100 x 4.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 450\r<BR>\n" );
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