Final answer:
To find the number of people living in Divya's town, set up a proportion. The total population is 17,500. The number of people who signed up for the program and own cars is 1050.
Step-by-step explanation:
To find the number of people who live in Divya's town, we can set up a proportion using the given information. Let x represent the total population of the town. We know that 1400 people signed up for the bike sharing program, which is 8% of the total population. So we can write the proportion as:
1400 / x = 8 / 100
To solve for x, we can cross-multiply and then divide by 8:
x = (1400 * 100) / 8
x = 17500
Therefore, the total population of Divya's town is 17,500. Now, to find the number of people who signed up for the program and own cars, we can multiply the number of people who signed up (1400) by the percentage who own cars (75%).
Number of people who own cars = 1400 * 0.75 = 1050