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Puzzle for October 27, 2008

This year an estimated 51.8 million US adults will dress up in some sort of costume to celebrate Halloween. The top costumes will be

  • a cat (2.5%)
  • a fairy (1.7%)
  • a pirate (4.4%)
  • a vampire (3.3%)
  • a witch (14.9%)

    • An additional 1.5% say they will dress up as a political figure. Arrange these in order from most likely to least likely. How many people will wear each type of costume?

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