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About how many people out of 350 would likely wear blue jeans?

About how many people out of 350 would likely wear blue jeans?-example-1

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Answer:

84 people wear blue jeans.

Explanation:

This is the same out of questions that are multiples of each other, except we have to use decimals. 350/150 is 7/3, so we know in order to get 350 with 150, we need to multiply 7/3. Now, we multiply 36 by 7/3 to get 84 as our answer

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Answer:84

Explanation:

Set up a proportion

36/150 =x/350

Cross multiply then divide

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