document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=203114>Question 203114</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  A new virus is released on the internet; the administrator of a department's Local Area Network (LAN) is given five minutes by a manager to estimate the impact. The administrator samples 12 of the PCs connected to the LAN and finds that 7 are infected.  Use a proportion to estimate the number of infected PCs if there are a total of 216 PCs connected to the LAN. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "cross multiply<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12x=7*216<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12x=1512<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=126 infected </SPAN>\n" );
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