document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=111204>Question 111204</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0073268623/algebrahomeworkh>university of Phoenix Elementary and Intermediate Algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> For some reason I am really stuck on this problem.  Thank you in advance for your help, you guys are life savers!!!!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In 2005 there were 419 pedestrian deaths in Texas, for a rate of 1.83 per 100,000 residents.  Use a proportion to find the aproximate population of Texas.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Is this how I would set it up?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2005/419    <BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.83/100,000 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "In your problem, you are dealing with \"pedestrian deaths\" and \"population\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You are given:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.83 deaths per (over) 100,000 residents (population) and the can be written as a ratio:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1.83%2F100000 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1.83%2F100000\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Deaths over population.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You need to find how many (x) residents (population) are in Texas if the proportional deaths were 419, so you can write this as a ratio:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=419%2Fx ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"419%2Fx\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Deaths over population.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Set these two ratios equal to each other to get a proportion that you can solve.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1.83%2F100000+=+419%2Fx ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1.83%2F100000+=+419%2Fx\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Now solve this for x to find the answer to your problem. Invert both sides.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=100000%2F1.83+=+x%2F419 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"100000%2F1.83+=+x%2F419\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Multiply both sides by 419.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28419%29%28100000%29%2F1.83+=+x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28419%29%28100000%29%2F1.83+=+x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+=+22896174.8634 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+=+22896174.8634\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Round to nearest whole person.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 22,896,175 </SPAN>\n" );
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