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# Last year, for every 100 million vehicles that traveled on a

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Last year, for every 100 million vehicles that traveled on a [#permalink]  20 Dec 2012, 07:37
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Last year, for every 100 million vehicles that traveled on a certain highway, 96 vehicles were involved in accidents. If 3 billion vehicles traveled on the highway last year, how many of those vehicles were involved in accidents? (1 billion = 1,000,000,000)

(A) 288
(B) 320
(C) 2,880
(D) 3,200
(E) 28,800
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Re: Last year, for every 100 million vehicles that traveled on a [#permalink]  20 Dec 2012, 07:42
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Last year, for every 100 million vehicles that traveled on a certain highway, 96 vehicles were involved in accidents. If 3 billion vehicles traveled on the highway last year, how many of those vehicles were involved in accidents? (1 billion = 1,000,000,000)

(A) 288
(B) 320
(C) 2,880
(D) 3,200
(E) 28,800

3 billion is 30 times as many as 100 million, so for 3 billion vehicles there would be 30*96=2,880 accidents.

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Re: Last year, for every 100 million vehicles that traveled on a [#permalink]  27 May 2014, 19:00
Last year, for every 100 million vehicles that traveled on a certain highway, 96 vehicles were involved in accidents. If 3 billion vehicles traveled on the highway last year, how many of those vehicles were involved in accidents? (1 billion = 1,000,000,000)

(A) 288
(B) 320
(C) 2,880
(D) 3,200
(E) 28,800

Hello

The solution above mine is much easier but I didn't catch it under timing so here's how I solved it. (looks easier on paper for canceling out)

(10^8)/96=3x10^9/x
x=(96x3x10^9)/10^8 (cancel out 10^9 and 10^8 you get 10)
x=96x30=2 880
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Re: Last year, for every 100 million vehicles that traveled on a [#permalink]  28 May 2014, 11:33
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Estimation is helpful here, too. Once you see that you have 30*96, you can say that the answer must be a little less than 30*100, or 3,000. Only C fits.

You could also estimate in advance. The accident rate is 96 per 100 million, which is just under 1 in a million. 3 billion divided by a million is 3,000, so again, the answer should be a bit less than 3,000.
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Re: Last year, for every 100 million vehicles that traveled on a   [#permalink] 28 May 2014, 11:33
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