Question

If 4/5 of a population of a certain town is considered to be middle class and the population of the town is 2000 how many people are considered middle class

Answer 1

First, you would need to create an equation for this problem.

`(4)/(5)` =
`(x)/(2,000)`

Next, you would cross multiply.
5x = 8,000

Now, all you would have to do is isolate the x. To do this, you would divide both sides by 5.
x = 1,600

1,600 people are considered middle class.

I hope this helps!