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As a younger teen, how did you deal with stress? A study of teens under the age of 18 revealed the answers to this question. The circle graphs show the breakdown of the number of men and women who responded to stress in four different ways Use this information to solve Exercises 121-122.
a. What fractional part of the men actively tried to reduce their stress? Reduce this fraction to its lowest terms.
b. Express the rational number in part (a) as a decimal. What percentage of teen males actively tried to reduce their stress?
c. What fractional part of the women actively tried to reduce their stress? Reduce this fraction to its lowest terms,
d. Express the rational number in part (c) as a decimal. What percentage of teen females actively tried to reduce their stress?
e. What is the difference between the percentage of teen females and teen males who actively tried to reduce their stress?
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