SOLUTION: A survey found that 80 percent of the apartments in City G have smoke alarms installed. Of these, 20 percent have smoke alarms that are not working. What percent of the apartments

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Question 1103399: A survey found that 80 percent of the apartments in City G have smoke alarms installed. Of these, 20 percent have smoke alarms that are not working. What percent of the apartments in City G were found to have working smoke alarms?
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0.8*0.8 = 0.64 = 64%.


Answer.  64% of the apartments in City G were found to have working smoke alarms.