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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> When the wildlife commission was finished, 1/5 of the population of beavers had been observed. If the beaver population numbers 34,260, how many beavers were observed? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "When the wildlife commission was finished, 1/5 of the population of beavers had been observed. If the beaver population numbers 34,260, how many beavers were observed?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Given that beaver population is 34,260.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Also given that 1/5 th of the population gad been observed.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That means, number of beavers observed is = (1/5) times total population.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "===> (1/5) * 34,260\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "==> 34,260/5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "==> 6852\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Number of beavers observed is 6852.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope you understood.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Regards.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "praseena.\r<BR>\n" );
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