The percent of people in a research study that have a particular health risk is 35.5%.The total number of people in the study is 12,392.How many people have the health risk?
A) 3594 people
B) 12,392 people
C) 16,791 people
D) 4399 people
E) 7993 people

Question

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To find out how many people have the health risk, we need to multiply the total number of people in the study by the percentage of people with the health risk.

35.5% of 12,392 = (35.5/100) x 12,392 = 4,399 people

Therefore, the answer is D) 4,399 people.

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