document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=599536>Question 599536</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi please help me with this question ive been trying to figure it out but I can't understand it.. can you make this question into a porportion?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Over the past week 34 baby boys were born at the hospital. this was a 54 percent of all the babies born. how many girls were born over the past week?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "please help me thank you so much! (: </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #379289 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><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=379289\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 34 baby boys make up 54% of the babies born.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So if x is the total number of babies, then\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Percent/100 = Part/Whole\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "54/100 = 34/x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now solve for x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "54/100 = 34/x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "54x = 34*100\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "54x = 3400\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 3400/54\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 62.96296\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Round this value to the nearest whole number (since you can't have a fraction of a person) to get x = 63\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So there are 63 babies total.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now let y = number of girls born. This means that y baby girls make up 46% of the babies born (since 54% + 46% = 100% or 100 - 54 = 46)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, we can say that\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Percent/100 = Part/Whole\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "46/100 = y/63\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now solve for y\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "46/100 = y/63\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "46*63 = 100y\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2898 = 100y\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2898/100 = y\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "28.98 = y\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = 28.98\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Round this to the nearest whole number (you can't have a fractional amount of girls) to get y = 29\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So 29 girls were born over the past week. </SPAN>\n" );
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