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In a survey about the drinking age, the number of adults against lowering the drinking age to 18 was 740 , which was about $70 \%$ of the adults in the survey. What was the total number of adults surveyed?
The total number of adults surveyed is (Round to the nearest whole number as needed.)

Step 1 ：In a survey about the drinking age, the number of adults against lowering the drinking age to 18 was 740, which was about 70% of the adults in the survey. We are asked to find the total number of adults surveyed.

Step 2 ：We know that 740 adults were against lowering the drinking age to 18 and this represents 70% of the total number of adults surveyed. We can set up the equation \(740 = 0.70 \times \text{total}\) to solve for the total number of adults surveyed.

Step 3 ：Solving the equation gives us the total number of adults surveyed as approximately 1058.

Step 4 ：So, the total number of adults surveyed is \(\boxed{1058}\).