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Valeria volunteers on the weekend at the central library. as a school project, she decides to record how many people visit the library, and where they go. on saturday, 474 people went to the youth wing, 396 people went to social issues, and 374 went to fiction and literature. on sunday, the library had 400 total visitors. based on what valeria had recorded on saturday, about how many people should be expected to go to social issues? round your answer to the nearest whole number.

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Answer: 127

Explanation:

The fraction of people who went to social issues is
(396)/(396+474+374)=(99)/(311).

Thus, the expected number of people is
400 \cdot (99)/(311) \approx 127.

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