You are working with a neighborhood committee to apply for a grant to buy new playground equipment for a local park. According to the data from the 2010 census, 27 households in the neighborhood have children and 18 households do not have children. What is the percentage of families in the neighborhood that have children?

You are working with a neighborhood committee to apply for a grant to buy new playground equipment for a local park. According to the data from the 2010 census, 27 households in the neighborhood have children and 18 households do not have children. What is the percentage of families in the neighborhood that have children?

Advanced Engineering Mathematics

10th Edition

ISBN:9780470458365

Author:Erwin Kreyszig

Publisher:Erwin Kreyszig

Chapter2: Second-order Linear Odes

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1RQ

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