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Five out of seven households have cable tv. If 38,500 households in a certain city have a tv, how many do not have cable tv?

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5 out of 7 have cable....that means that 2 out of 7 do not

2/7 (38500) = 77000/7 = 11,000 <=== do not have cable
5/7 (38500) = 192500/7 = 27,500 <== have cable

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