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At a football stadium, 10% of the fans in attendance were teenagers. If there were 230 teenagers at the football stadium, what was the total number of people at the stadium?

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User Rthur
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Answer:

2300

Explanation:

we can set up a proportion:

n = not teens

.10/230 = .90/n

cross-multiply:

.10n = 207

n = 2070

now we can add the number of teenagers to get the total number of people:

2070+230 = 2300

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User Mbiron
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Answer:2300

Explanation:

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User Maria Zverina
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