in 2006 the restaurant and food service industry employed 9.15 of the total employees in the state of calfornia. How many people worked in the restaurant and food service industry in california

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lgbasallote · Answer

is that 9.15%?

anash · Answer

Yeah I think

lgbasallote · Answer

the answer depends on how many were the total employees in the state of california...so how many are there?

anash · Answer

17,029,300

lgbasallote · Answer

so take 9.15% of that

0.0915 x 17,029,300

use your calculator to sovle

lgbasallote · Answer

that should give you the final answer afterwards

anash · Answer

I got 15,581,80

lgbasallote · Answer

that's not what my google calculator said. are you sure you typed it in the calculator correctly?

anash · Answer

Yea I typed in 0.0915x17,029,300

lgbasallote · Answer

hmm i just rechecked lol...seems i misread what you said...you're right

anash · Answer

I have another question

lgbasallote · Answer

what is it

anash · Answer

The sum of three consecutive integers is 228. Find the integers

lgbasallote · Answer

let x be the first integer

theconsecutive integers would be x+1 and x+2

the sum is 228 so

x + x + 1 + x + 2 = 228

solve for x

anash · Answer

X=75