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  1. April 15th 2008, 07:02 PM #1
    BeBeMala
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    Unhappy percent

    in a bin of 21,000 msm 6.5 % are the color blue.how many msm are blue?
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  2. April 15th 2008, 08:15 PM #2
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    in order to solve this you need to multiply 21,000 by 6.5/100, so you get:

    21,000 \times \frac{6.5}{100} = 1,365
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