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1. anonymous

@Operand

2. anonymous

Not sure, I know what method they are referencing. However the question is taking a percentage, of Pinecrest's population to get Lakewood's population. You can write that as: Lakewood's population is 21 / 25 = 0.84 of Pinecrest. Of is usually equal to multiplication in word problems so: $18,000 \times 0.84 = \cdots$

3. anonymous

15,120

4. anonymous

Correct. That is what Lakewood's population is, however I do not know if that is using the method they wanted.

5. anonymous

I think your correct.

6. anonymous

I am pretty sure I am, just I do not think I am using the method they wanted to be used to solve the problem. Mathematics allows multiple ways to solve one problem, so the answer would be the same regardless.

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