In a poll of travelers, 85% said that traveling by air makes them nervous, and 450 travelers said that it does not make them ner

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Kitty [74]

3 years ago

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In a poll of travelers, 85% said that traveling by air makes them nervous, and 450 travelers said that it does not make them ner

vous. How many travelers were polled?

Mathematics

2 answers:

hichkok12 [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-06-18T04:52:46+03:00

hichkok12 [17]3 years ago

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100% - 85% = 15%

So 15% said that it does NOT make them nervous.
We know this equals 450 people.

---> 15% of X = 450
---> 0.15X = 450
---> X = 450/0.15
---> X = 3000

Therefore a total of 3000 people were polled

OverLord2011 [107] · Answer 2 · 2022-06-18T03:50:16+03:00

OverLord2011 [107]3 years ago

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The answer is 1,338 were polled