Problema Solution
In the year 2000, there were 8.7 deaths per 1000 residents in the United States. If there were 281421906 residents in the U.S. during 2000, how many people died that year?
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let x = the number of deaths in the year of 2000
8.7/100 = x/281421906
x = 281421906*8.7/100
x = 24,483,706 deaths approximately.