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  • 09-12-2017
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Approximately 3 people out of every 30 are left handed. About how many left handed people would you expect in a group of 140 people?

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shaneysa
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  • 10-12-2017
We can set this up by saying:
3 / 30 = x / 140 now we can solve!
1 / 10 = x / 140
x = 140 / 10
x = 14

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