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 1<br />The 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.<br /><br />## Step 2<br />We 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.<br /><br />## Step 3<br />We can set up a proportion to solve for the unknown number of residents who speak Punjabi. The proportion is:<br /><br />### \[<br />\frac{110}{7} = \frac{7260000}{x}<br />\]<br /><br />where \(x\) is the number of residents who speak Punjabi.<br /><br />## Step 4<br />Solving for \(x\), we get:<br /><br />### \[<br />x = \frac{7 \times 7260000}{110}<br />\]<br /><br />## Step 5<br />Calculating the above expression, we find that \(x = 462000\).<br /><br />## Step 6<br />The question asks for the answer in thousands, so we divide 462000 by 1000 to get 462.