In the united states there are about 3 vehicles for every 4 people, the highest ratio worldwide. At this rate, about how many vehicles are there in a twon of 17,600 people?

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Damari Hill

26 January, 15:41

In the united states there are about 3 vehicles for every 4 people, the highest ratio worldwide. At this rate, about how many vehicles are there in a twon of 17,600 people?

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Gunnar Barajas · Answer 1

The ratio is 3:4 vehicles to people. So we need to find out what each unit is X:

4x = 17600

x = 4400

Now take the 4400 and multiply it by 3 to find the number of cars.

3 * 4400 = 13200 vehicles.