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Henry volunteers on the weekend at the Central Library. As a school project, he decides to record how many people visit the library, and where they go. On Saturday, 452 people went to The Youth Wing, 374 people went to Social Issues, and 440 went to Fiction and Literature. On Sunday, the library had 1000 total visitors. Based on what Henry 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:

About 300 people.

Explanation:

Since the number of people who went on Saturday (374) is about 30% of the total number of people who attended the library (1266), it is expected that about 300 people went to the Social Issues section of the 1000 that attended on Sunday.

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