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Consumer Fraud Statistics?

Postby ludano17 » Thu Dec 01, 2011 10:46 am

The statistics above were compiled from a total of 380,103 consumer complaints. What was the approximate number of complaints in each of the following categories? Round to the nearest thousand. Show your calculations.
A:Identity Theft: 43%
B:Shop At Home/Catalog Sales: 5%
C:Health Care: 2%
D:Internet Services and Computer Complaints: 6%
E:Internet Auctions: 13%
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Consumer Fraud Statistics?

Postby zackary42 » Thu Dec 01, 2011 10:55 am

A: 0.43(380103)= 163444.29

B: 0.05(380103)= 19005.15

You do the same for each of them, multiply the % (written as a decimal) by the total number 380103
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