SOLUTION: a taste test with 200 randomly selected people found that only 3 of them said that they would buy a box of sweet wheats cereal. H ow many boxes could the manufacturer expect to sel

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Question 399554: a taste test with 200 randomly selected people found that only 3 of them said that they would buy a box of sweet wheats cereal. H ow many boxes could the manufacturer expect to sell in a country of 280 million people?
Answer by edjones(8007) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x/280,000,000 = 3/200
x = 4,200,000 boxes
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Ed