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In A Survey Of 50 People, 10 People Said They Watched Less Than 5 Hours Of TV Per Week.If The Ratio Stayed The Same, How Many People Would Have Been Surveyed If 15 People Said They Watched Less Than 5 Hours Of TV Per Week?

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    The ratio is,

    10/50 = 15/x

    If you cross multiply you will get

    10x = 50 x 15 = 750

    Divide both sides by 10 and get

    x = 75.  75 people would have been surveyed
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