document.write( "Question 1194663: 120 people passed an entrance exam. If they are 40% of the people who took the entrance exam. How many people took the entrance exam? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let x be the unknown number of people that took the entrance exam.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then you have this equation for x, from the condition,\r\n" );
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document.write( "    0.4x = 120,\r\n" );
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document.write( "which implies\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x =  = 300.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  300 people took the entrance exam.\r\n" );
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