Question 50636
Part/Whole=%/100 [Formula for percent]
1620/2000=x%/100  [Plug-in the values]
(1620)(100)=(2000)(x%)[Cross-multiply]
162000=2000x
162000/2000=2000x/2000
81=x% = percent that favored the construction
.
100%-81%=19% did not favor the construction
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Check by adding the values back into the original equation:
x/2000=19%/100 [Cross-mutlipy]
(x)(100)=(2000)(19)
100x=36000
100x/100=36000/100
x=380 people did not favor the construction
380+1620=2000


 What percent of the people surveyed did not favor the construction of the fire station?