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If 3 out of 4 people use a certain headache

medicine, how many in a city of 150,400
will use this medicine?
(A) 118, 200
(B) 37,600
(C) 50, 133
(D) 112,800

User Kenju
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2 Answers

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Answer:

(D) 112,800

Explanation:

75%x150,400= 112,800

112,800 use the headache medicine.

User Rob Winch
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Answer:

option D

Explanation:

Out of 4 , 3 use headache medicine . So the fraction is 3/4 .

Total number of people in city = 150,400 .

So ,

⇒ n = 3/4 × Population

⇒ n = 3/4 × 150,400

⇒ n = 112,800

Hence option D is correct.

User Gremwell
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