I don't know how to answer this question. If you could provide me an explanation or an answer that would be much appreciated by me. Thank you tutors.

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Types of Haunted Attractions. There are about 4,500 haunted attractions in the U.S. Here they are broken down by type: 66% Run by charity groups. 7% Within an amusement park. 27% Independent businesses.
Question: By about what factor does the number of haunted houses hosted by charity groups exceed the number within amusement parks?

number run by charity = .66(4500) = 2970

number run by amusement = 315
leaving 1215 by independent bus.
(check: .27(4500) = 1215 )

2970 = k(315)
k = 2970/315 = appr 9.4

we could have just taken:
66/7 which is the same result
(notice 2970/315 reduces to 66/7 )

Thank you tutor Reiny! Much appreciated! Your answer taught me a new and faster way to find the part of a whole. Did you need to find the independent businesses's part of a whole? Oh and, I still don't understand why you have to divide charity group by amusement park in order to find the factor that exceeds the number of charity groups and within amusement parks. I still don't understand what the question was asking for, so if you could provide an explanation that would be great!

It asked " By about what factor does the number of haunted houses hosted by charity groups exceed the number within amusement parks".

I read that as, "by what number would you have to multiply the amusement park number by to obtain the charity number ? "
so 315 ( ? ) = 2970
I called that (?) k
so 315 k = 2970

315k/315 = 2970/315
k = 2970/314 = appr 9.4

THANK YOU SO MUCH TUTOR REINY! VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!

To answer the question, we need to compare the number of haunted houses hosted by charity groups to the number within amusement parks.

First, let's convert the percentages into actual numbers. There are approximately 4,500 haunted attractions in the U.S., so we can calculate the number of haunted houses based on the given percentages.

- Charity groups: 66% of 4,500 haunted attractions = 0.66 * 4,500 = 2,970 haunted houses
- Amusement parks: 7% of 4,500 haunted attractions = 0.07 * 4,500 = 315 haunted houses

Now we can compare the numbers of haunted houses. We want to know by what factor the number of haunted houses hosted by charity groups exceeds the number within amusement parks.

To find the factor, divide the number of haunted houses hosted by charity groups by the number within amusement parks:

- Factor = Number of haunted houses hosted by charity groups / Number within amusement parks
- Factor = 2,970 / 315 = 9.428571429

So, the number of haunted houses hosted by charity groups exceeds the number within amusement parks by a factor of approximately 9.43.

Therefore, by about 9.43 times does the number of haunted houses hosted by charity groups exceed the number within amusement parks.