In a poll of travelers, 85% said that traveling by air makes them nervous, and 450 travelers said that it does not make them nervous. How many travelers were polled?

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Destiny Kim

Mathematics

19 July, 16:42

In a poll of travelers, 85% said that traveling by air makes them nervous, and 450 travelers said that it does not make them nervous. How many travelers were polled?

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Joslyn Sawyer · Answer 1

Joslyn Sawyer 19 July, 16:59

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The answer is 1,338 were polled

Rodolfo Simmons · Answer 2

100% - 85% = 15%

So 15% said that it does NOT make them nervous.

We know this equals 450 people.

---> 15% of X = 450

---> 0.15X = 450

---> X = 450/0.15

---> X = 3000

Therefore a total of 3000 people were polled