document.write( "Question 1172876: The local newspaper has letters to the editor from 70 people. If this number represents 5​% of all of the​ newspaper's readers, how many readers does the newspaper​ have?
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\n" ); document.write( "Let x be the number of readers.

\n" ); document.write( "5% of x (0.05x) is 70:

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\n" ); document.write( "\"x+=+70%2F0.05\"

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