Problema Solution

the proportion of who watched a match on televison was (3)/(8) if 240000 people did not watch the match how many did

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Let 'x' represent the total number of people.

(3/8)x the people that watched the match.

x - (3/8)x = (1 - 3/8)x = (5/8)x the people that did not watch the math.

(5/8)x = 240000

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x = 384,000 people

The total number of people is 384,000.

The number of people that watched the match is:

(3/8)*384,000 = 144,000 people.