SOLUTION: Nine out of eleven people at a math convention are bored to tears by cable news. If 2462 people at the convention are not bored by cable news, then how many people at the conventio

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Question 1010225: Nine out of eleven people at a math convention are bored to tears by cable news. If 2462 people at the convention are not bored by cable news, then how many people at the convention are bored by cable news?
Answer by macston(5194) About Me  (Show Source):
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9/11 bored to tears leaves 2/11 not bored
(2/11)(100%) = 18.181818%
T=Total people=2462/0.181818
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Percent bored=(9/11)(100%)=81.818181%
Number bored=0.818181(T)
Number bored=0.818181(2462/0.181818)=11079
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ANSWER: 11079 people at the convention are bored
by cable news.