SOLUTION: Please help me to solve: Use a proportion to solve this problem: 44) If four out of five doctors prefer fast food, then at a fast food convention of 445 doctors, how many prefe

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Question 88745: Please help me to solve:
Use a proportion to solve this problem:
44) If four out of five doctors prefer fast food, then at a fast food convention of 445 doctors, how many prefer fast food?
Thank you for your help!

Answer by madhujiithcharu@yahoo.co.in(28) About Me  (Show Source):
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Given 4/5 doctors prefer fast food. i.e, 4/5 x 100 = 80% of the doctors prefer fast food. Hence 445 x 80/100 = 356 doctors prefer fast food.