SOLUTION: Please help me 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 173082: Please help me If four out of five doctors prefer fast food,then at a convention of 445 doctors,how many prefer fast food.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Note: "four out of five" refers to the fraction 4%2F5

So simply multiply the fraction 4%2F5 by the total number of doctors 445 to get

%284%2F5%29445=1780%2F5=356


note: 4*445 = 1780


So 356 doctors prefer fast food.