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document.write( "18% of x is 18 people, so x has to be 100.   \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"Per cent\" means \"per 100\" so just remember, when you see a percentage,  its the same as if you wrote that percentage as a fraction using 100 in the denominator:  18% = 18/100.    </SPAN>\n" );
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