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In Texas, about 1 person in 8 lives in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. What percent of people in Texas live in the Dallas/Fort Worth area?

In Texas, about 11 person in 88 lives in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. What percent of people in Texas live in the Dallas/Fort Worth area?

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Q. In Texas, about 11 person in 88 lives in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. What percent of people in Texas live in the Dallas/Fort Worth area?
  1. Understand Relationship: Understand the relationship between the fraction of people living in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and the total population of Texas.\newlineWe are given that 11 in 88 people live in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. This means that the fraction of people living in that area is 18\frac{1}{8}.
  2. Convert to Percentage: Convert the fraction to a percentage.\newlineTo convert a fraction to a percentage, we multiply it by 100100.\newlineSo, we calculate (18)×100(\frac{1}{8}) \times 100.
  3. Perform Calculation: Perform the calculation.\newline(18)×100=12.5(\frac{1}{8}) \times 100 = 12.5\newlineThis means that 12.5%12.5\% of the people in Texas live in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

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