At the end of baseball season, 5% of the children enrolled in a local youth baseball program will be chosen to play in the state tournament. If 12 children will be chosen to play in the tournament, how many children are enrolled in the program?

Explanation

Set up a proportion:5/100 = 12/x,where x is the number of children enrolled in the program. \(12 \times 100=1,200\), and \(1,200 \div 5=240\)

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