document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1121705>Question 1121705</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 37.5 of the customers ordered banana splits.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What fraction of the people ordered banana splits. I got 3/8 for that.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If 6 people had banana splits, how many people are at the ice cream store? I’m not sure<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What percentage of customers did not purchase banana splits? I’m not sure\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you for your help! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #737682 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=737682\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <font color=\"black\" face=\"times\" size=\"3\">If you mean 37.5% of the customers ordered banana splits, then yes that converts to 3/8. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Subtract the percentage from 100% to get the percent of people who didn't order banana splits. So, 100% - 37.5% = 62.5%\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If x is the total number of people, then 0.375 times that amount will get you 6. This means<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x*0.375 = 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x*0.375/0.375 = 6/0.375 <--- dividing both sides by 0.375<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 16\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Or you can use the fraction format<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3/8)*x = 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(8/3)*(3/8)x = 6*(8/3) <--- multiplying both sides by the reciprocal<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 48/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 16\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So there are 16 people at the store (6 ordered banana splits; 10 did not). Note how 10/16 = 5/8 = 0.625, showing there are multiple ways to tie the answers together.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In summary:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3/8 is the correct fraction for the first question<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There are 16 people at the store<BR>\n" );
document.write( "62.5% of the customers did not order banana splits\r<BR>\n" );
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