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Six out of eight people use Clean-White toothpaste, how many people out of 60,000 cah be expected to use Clean

white toothpaste?
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User Rune
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Let they be x

  • x/60000=6/8
  • 8x=360000
  • x=360000/8
  • x=45000

User Stephone
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Answer:

45,000 people

Explanation:

Simplifying the expected ratio

  • 6/8 people use toothpaste
  • 3/4

Multiply the ratio with 60,000

  • 60,000 x 3/4
  • 15,000 x 3
  • 45,000 people can be expected to use Clean-White toothpaste
User Mrfour
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