document.write( "Question 357501: in a resort during the summer months, only one out of eight people is a year round resident. the others are there on vacation. if the year round population of the area is 3000, how many people are there in the summer? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #255267 by ewatrrr(24785) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "Let x represent the number of vacationers.  
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document.write( "Using the proportion 
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document.write( "cross multiplying to solve
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document.write( "8*3000 = x
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document.write( "24,000 = x  (the number of vacationers)
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document.write( "In the summer:
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document.write( "3000 + 24,000 = 27,000 people there in the summer\r
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