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A candidate took a phone poll of 114 people and found that 87 said they would vote for the other person. There are 9918 people in the district. About how many people are going to vote for the other candidate

A. 7669 people
B. 7569 people
C. 75,869 people
D. 7596 people

Respuesta :

BlueSky06
Using ratio and proportion, we can solve this problem.
Take the ratio and proportion to both sides,  
87people will vote for other person/114 total people=x people/9918 total people
rearrange the equation to get the value of x
x= 7569
The answer is letter b.7569 people.

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