document.write( "Question 446126: Nearly 5 out of 7 people choose vanilla as their favorite ice cream flavor. If 182 people attend an ice cream social, how many would you expect to choose vanilla.
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document.write( "I wrote it out in porportion form
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document.write( "x/182=5/7
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document.write( "x=182 (5/7)
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document.write( "1. 182/7=26
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document.write( "2. 26 X 5= 130
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document.write( "x=130
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document.write( "I got it wrong on my test. Could please help and show me what I did wrong \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #307230 by richard1234(7193)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! 130 is correct; 130/182 = 5/7. Maybe ask your teacher to correct that problem? \n" ); document.write( " |