document.write( "Question 1137620: Of the 600 people who visited the Amazing Art Museum on Tuesday, 45% were children.\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #755472 by jim_thompson5910(35256)\"\" \"About 
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\n" ); document.write( "If we had 100 people total, then 45% of that would be 45 children. The term \"percent\" means \"per 100\" or \"for every 100\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So we can have this ratio
\n" ); document.write( "45 children: 100 people total\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Multiply both parts of that ratio by 6 so that the \"100 people\" turns into \"600 people\"
\n" ); document.write( "45 children: 100 people total
\n" ); document.write( "6*45 children: 6*100 people total
\n" ); document.write( "270 children: 600 people total\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "There are 270 children that visited the museum on Tuesday\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "A more conventional approach is to use your calculator
\n" ); document.write( "45% of 600 = (45/100)*600
\n" ); document.write( "45% of 600 = 0.45*600
\n" ); document.write( "45% of 600 = 270
\n" ); document.write( "yielding the same answer
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