SOLUTION: A study reported that in a random sampling of 100 women over the age of 35 showed that 8 of the woman were married 2 or more times. Based on the study results , how man woman in a

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Question 203161: A study reported that in a random sampling of 100 women over the age of 35 showed that 8 of the woman were married 2 or more times. Based on the study results , how man woman in a group of 5,000 woman over the age of 35 would likely be married 2 or more times?
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8/100:x/5000
cross multiply
100x=40000
x=40000/100
x=400