SOLUTION: Of 600 people at a music festival, 402 had attended the previous year. How many people out of 100 had attended the previous year?

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Question 1139764: Of 600 people at a music festival, 402 had attended the previous year. How many people out of 100 had attended the previous year?
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How this problem is formulated, it makes no sense, since from the condition, it is unknown who are these 100 people
and how were they selected from the original 600 people.

So, it is the set of word (the collection of words) without any definite sense.