SOLUTION: In a daycare program 14% of the children are in the infants and toddler classes. If there are 9 infants and 12 toddlers, how many total children are in the daycare program?

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Question 1109957: In a daycare program 14% of the children are in the infants and toddler classes. If there are 9 infants and 12 toddlers, how many total children are in the daycare program?
Answer by ikleyn(52776) About Me  (Show Source):
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From the condition,  9 + 12 = 21  are  14%  of the entire children population in the daycare program:


    0.14x = 21.


Then  x = 21%2F0.14 = 150 is the entire children population.

Solved.

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