Question 52256: if 27 million is 98% of the population how much is the other 2%? Found 2 solutions by rchill, funmath:Answer by rchill(405) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The problems becomes . So, solving for x, we get , which simplifies to . Now we can either take 2% of that number to get the answer, or just subtract 27000000 from it. Let's do the latter and we get 551,020.
You can put this solution on YOUR website! This can be done several ways.
If x is the total population, and 27 million is 98% of that, then:
27 million=.98x
27 million/.98=.98x/.98
27.551020 million=x
Now if you subtract 27 million from the total you get the other 2%.
27.551020 million-27 million=.551020 million or 551,020
You also get that value by multiplying the 27.551020 by .20, try it and see for yourself!
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