document.write( "Question 1189220: John was working at the registration desk of a conference that was scheduled to begin at 8:00 P.M. At 7:30, he texted the conference manager to report that only 20% of the registrants had signed in so far. At 7:45, he sent a second text stating that in the past 15 minutes, 90 additional people had signed in and that now 65% of the participants had arrived. Which of the following is closest to the total number of people who had registered for the conference? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #820523 by ikleyn(52778)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! . \n" ); document.write( " \r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "The problem is to find the unknown x from this equation\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " 0.65x - 0.2x = 90,\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "which gives\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " 0.45x = 90\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " x = 90/0.45 = 200 people. ANSWER\r\n" ); document.write( "\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Solved.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |