In one country residents were asked to name their primary language.The ratio of residents who said French to those who said Punjabi was 110 to 7. If there were 7 ,260,000 residents who said French, about how many thousands of residents said Punjabi? square

## Step 1The problem provides us with a ratio of residents who speak French to those who speak Punjabi as 110 to 7. This means that for every 110 residents who speak French, there are 7 residents who speak Punjabi.## Step 2We are given that the number of residents who speak French is 7,260,000. We can use this information to find out the number of residents who speak Punjabi.## Step 3We can set up a proportion to solve for the unknown number of residents who speak Punjabi. The proportion is:### where is the number of residents who speak Punjabi.## Step 4Solving for , we get:### ## Step 5Calculating the above expression, we find that .## Step 6The question asks for the answer in thousands, so we divide 462000 by 1000 to get 462.