Astudy recently confirmed that of every 100 citizens of a certain state, 70 are considered overweight. there were 262 million citizens of this state in 2001. how many would be considered overweight?

183.4 million people in that city suffer from overweight

Step-by-step explanation:

To answer this question we must find the proportion of overweight people in the city.

We know that, according to a study carried out, of every 100 citizens, 70 are overweight.

Then the proportion is:

Now we can find the total number of overweight citizens.

for ex: the reciprocal of 3/4 is 4/3. it is the opposite.

reciprocal definition:

a mathematical expression or function so related to another that their product is one; the quantity obtained by dividing the number one by a given quantity.

the answer is 13

step-by-step explanation:

5*5=25

12*12=144

25+144=169

169^2=13