114.9 million u. s. households owned at least one tv set. of these households, 88% received basic cable. how many households owned at least one tv set but did not receive basic cable?

Find the percentage of the household that didn't receive basic cable
100% - 88% = 12%
This is the percentage of the household that didn't receive basic cable by the household owned TV set.

Now find the number with the percentage
without basic cable = 12% × 114.9 million
without basic cable = 12/100 × 114,900,000
without basic cable = 13,788,000

The number of households that didn't receive basic cable is 13,788,000 or 13,788 million

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