document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=207350>Question 207350</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9780078738227/algebrahomeworkh>algebra 1</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> About two twenty fifths of the male population in the world can't distinguish red from green. If there are 14 boys in the ninth grade that can't distinguish red from green, about how many ninth-grade boys are there in all?  Write and solve an equation to find the answer.  Help Please.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #156781 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rfer><B>rfer(16322)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rfer><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=156781\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 2/25:14/x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x=350<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=350/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=175<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2/25=.08<BR>\n" );
document.write( "14/.08=175 </SPAN>\n" );
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