document.write( "Question 52779: From Jan 1996 to Jan 2001 the number of internet hosts increased by 1054%. There were 109.6 million internet hosts in Jan 2001. What is the number of internet hosts in Jan 1996 \n" ); document.write( "

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Set this problem up as a proportion. I like to use $\"n%2Fw+=+p%2F100\"$ . N in this case means \"part\". W is your whole, and P is your percent. Your \"part\" in this case is 109.6 million. Your % is 1054%. You are looking for your \"whole\" or How many internet hosts there were in 1996.
\n" ); document.write( "So your proportion now looks like this: $\"109600000%2Fw+=+1054%2F100\"$ .
\n" ); document.write( "Now cross multiply to get $\"10%2C960%2C000%2C000+=+1054w\"$ . Finally divide by 1054 to get your answer. Which by the way is 10398481.97. \n" ); document.write( "

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