document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=184429>Question 184429</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If four out of five doctors prefer fast food, then at a convention of 445 doctors, how many prefer fast food?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I came up with 75.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "I came up with 75. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4:5 is the same as 4x:5x where 4x is the number that prefer fast food.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4x + 5x = 445<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9x = 445<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 49.44444<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then 4x = 197.78<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Rounding donw: 197 or the 445 preferred fast food.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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