document.write( "Question 1189799: You're standing in a line-up at the movie theatre. If 40% of the people in line are in front of you and 58 1/3% of the people in the line are behind you, then the total number of people in the queue is
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document.write( "Let x be the number of people in the line.\r\n" );
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document.write( "From the given part, we have this equation\r\n" );
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document.write( "    0.4x + 1 + 0.584x = x.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify and find x\r\n" );
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document.write( "    1 = x -  -    <<<---===  This fraction,  ,  represents  58  %.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    300 = 300x - 120x - 175x\r\n" );
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document.write( "    300 = 5x\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x = 300/5 = 60 persons in the line.      ANSWER\r\n" );
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