Question

In the United Kingdom, Alzheimer's disease is said to affect one in fifty-five people over 60 years of age. If approxmately 250000 people over 60 are affected in the UK, how many people over 60 are there in total? Use a proportion to represent and solve this problem.-----algebra

Answer 1

1/55 is equal to 250000/13750000. I don't know if this was the answer you were looking for, but I hope it helps.