SOLUTION: If four out of five doctors prefer fast food, then at a convention of 445 doctors, how many prefer fast food?

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Question 204596: If four out of five doctors prefer fast food,
then at a convention of 445 doctors, how many prefer fast
food?
Answer by ptaylor(2198) About Me  (Show Source):
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4 out of 5 or 4/5th or 80% of the doctors prefer fast food, so
80% of 445=445*0.8=356---number of doctors that prefer fast food
Hope this helps----ptaylor