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For every person who actually has the flu, there are 6 people who have flu-like symptoms resulting from a cold. If a doctor sees 40 patients, write and solve a proportion to determine how many of these you would expect to have a cold

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Answer: The number of people can be expected to have cold = 34

Step-by-step explanation:

Given: The ratio of people who actually have the flu to the people who have flu-like symptoms is 1:6.

If a doctor sees 40 patients, then the number of people can be expected to have cold = [tex]40\times\dfrac{6}{1+6}[/tex]

[tex]=40\times\dfrac6{7}[/tex]

[tex]=\dfrac{240}{7}\\\\=34.29\approx34[/tex]

Hence, the number of people can be expected to have cold = 34

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