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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Round answers to nearest tenth of a percent Number of AIDS cases in USA... Other (650) Caucasian, (13,174) African American (21,748) Hispanic(7,128) What % of reported AIDS cases in the USA is in the hispanic category?

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

i can solve that.

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

i got the prob now!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what cant u solve? haha

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

Yo!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

solve it

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yo!

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

Total = 42700 Hispanic (7,128) therefore:

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

16.69 17%

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so its 17%?

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

No

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

16.7%

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

this is the correct.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

rounded

OpenStudy (anonymous):

is 17

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thats to the tenth?

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

No, it says "Round answers to nearest "" tenth "" of a percent'

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what percent is the unknown? how do u figure thaat?

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

v simply have to find the percentage of Hipsanry over total.

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

(7,128) ------- x 100 42700

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so other is 650 over what?

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

v hav to add all these: Other (650) Caucasian, (13,174) African American (21,748) Hispanic(7,128)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ohhh then * by 100

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

Oh Yeah, u got that.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so wait like a proportion?

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

umm, yes, u can say. but as v multiply it by 100, it go for a %age.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so would it be 1% for other?

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

1.5%

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thats rounded?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

actually wouldnt it be 2?

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

No, round it to the nearest "TENTH"/

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so it iss 1.5%?

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

Yup!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thank u

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

u welc.

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