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. If 7 out of 20 people prefer reading a book

to watching a movie, then saying that 35,
of the people polled prefer reading a book is
the ?

User Manuela
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35 is the percentage of people preferring to read a book over watching a TV.
20 people us 100%
7 book over TV is x%
x=7•100/20
x=7•5
x=35 %
User Jjclarkson
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There were only 20 people total. What are you looking for? Am I missing something?
User TurdPile
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