Question if-120
If 1,200 customers register for new accounts at a social media website every day, what fraction of the first 60,000 new accounts are registered in the first 5 days?
If 1,200 customers register for new accounts at a social media website every day, what fraction
Hard-difficulty · SAT Math · Ratios, Rates, and Proportional Relationships — Word problems with proportional reasoning. Read the question above, select your answer, and check the full explanation below to understand exactly why the correct choice works.
Answer explanation
Choice B is correct. If 1,200 customers register for new accounts every day, then (1,200)(5) = 6,000 customers registered for new accounts in the first 5 days. Therefore, of the first 60,000 new accounts that were registered, 
, or 
, were registered in the first 5 days.
Choice A is incorrect. The fraction 
represents the fraction of accounts registered in 1 of the first 5 days. Choice C is incorrect and may result from conceptual or computation errors. Choice D is incorrect. The fraction 
represents the fraction of the first 60,000 accounts that were registered in 1 day.
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