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In Anchorage, the number of film-goers who read the books before seeing The Lord of teh Rings films was 3 1/4 times the number of f
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In Anchorage, the number of film-goers who read the books before seeing The Lord of teh Rings films was 3 1/4 times the number of film-goers who did not read the books beforehand. If 39,000 film-goers read teh books first, how many went to the films? Answer by 303795(602) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The number of readers is 39000 which is 3 1/4 times as many as the none readers. 3 1/4 can be written as the improper fraction 13/4.
so Multiply each side by
So the total movie goers are 39 000 + 12 000 = 51 000
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