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The local newspaper has letters to the editor from 50 people. If this number represents ​4% of all of the​ newspaper's readers, how many readers does the newspaper​ have?

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Answer:

[tex]1250[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the number of people that are readers of the newspaper be [tex]x[/tex]

[tex]50[/tex] people represents [tex]4\%[/tex] of all the reader of the newspaper.

This means

[tex]\dfrac{4}{100}\times x=50[/tex]

[tex]\Rightarrow x=50\times\dfrac{100}{4}[/tex]

[tex]\Rightarrow x=1250[/tex]

So, the number of readers the newspaper has is [tex]1250[/tex].

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