<PRE><B>Question 1192661</B>
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To answer first question, &amp;nbsp;subtract &amp;nbsp;85% &amp;nbsp;from &amp;nbsp;100%.


You will get &amp;nbsp;15%, &amp;nbsp;or, &amp;nbsp;in other words, &amp;nbsp;0.15 &amp;nbsp;part of the given number of households.



To answer the second question, &amp;nbsp;multiply &amp;nbsp;46000 &amp;nbsp;by &amp;nbsp;0.15.



That&#39;s all.


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In this problem, everything is &amp;nbsp;MORE &amp;nbsp;THAN &amp;nbsp;obvious.


To learn the subject from scratch, &amp;nbsp;read the lesson

&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;A HREF=https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/percentage/lessons/Percentage-problems.lesson&gt;Percentage problems&lt;/A&gt; 

in this site.


You &amp;nbsp;REALLY &amp;nbsp;NEED &amp;nbsp;to read it . . . 



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