Prealgebra (7th Edition)

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Chapter 7 - Section 7.3 - Solving Percent Problems with Proportions - Exercise Set - Page 493: 65

Answer

120,032

Work Step by Step

Cross multiply to solve the percentage. $\frac{223}{100}=\frac{a}{53826}$ $100a=223\times53826$ $100a\div100=12,003,198\div100$ $a=120031.98\approx120032.0$
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