Question

richard’s city took a telephone poll about a plan to build a new hotel downtown. 80,000 people took the poll. 90% of them were in favor of the new hotel. how many people were in favor of the new hotel?

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Explanation:

Step1: Convert percentage to decimal

To find 90% of 80,000, we first convert 90% to a decimal. 90% is equal to $0.9$.

Step2: Multiply the total number by the decimal

We multiply the total number of people who took the poll (80,000) by the decimal we found. So the calculation is $80000\times0.9$.
$80000\times0.9 = 72000$

Answer:

72000