document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=156752>Question 156752</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> in 2006, about 25,500,000 children between the ages of 12 and 17 lived in the United States. That was about 8.3% of the entire U.S. population. find the approximate 2006 U.S.population </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = entire U.S. population of 2006<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ".083x = 25500000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 25500000/.083<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 307,228,916 </SPAN>\n" );
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