document.write( "Question 1178003: Five- sevenths of the students at a nearby college live in dormitories. If 5000 students at the college live in dormitories, how many students are there in the college?
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document.write( "     of the student population is 5000.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    Hence,    of the population is  1000.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    It means that the total population of the students in the college is  7000.    ANSWER\r\n" );
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document.write( "     = 5000\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x =  = 1000*7 = 7000,\r\n" );
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document.write( "    giving the same answer.\r\n" );
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