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Sangeeta2018
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Updated on: 12 Nov 2017, 08:31
Originally posted by Sangeeta2018 on 07 Nov 2017, 22:42.
Last edited by chetan2u on 12 Nov 2017, 08:31, edited 1 time in total.
Last edited by chetan2u on 12 Nov 2017, 08:31, edited 1 time in total.
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In a town there are 60% Males married to 40% Females. What is the % of married people in town?
A. 20%
B. 30%
C. 40%
D. 48%
E. 50%
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A. 20%
B. 30%
C. 40%
D. 48%
E. 50%
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07 Nov 2017, 22:52
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Option E
Suppose 100 males are there. From question 60 are married.
Correspondingly 60 females has to be married and the total females are 150.
Hence % married =(60+60)/(100+150)
=48%
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Suppose 100 males are there. From question 60 are married.
Correspondingly 60 females has to be married and the total females are 150.
Hence % married =(60+60)/(100+150)
=48%
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08 Nov 2017, 08:56
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This question is a bit sneaky. You cannot use 100 as the number of both men and women.
When two populations should sum to 100, but each has a different percentage of the same "property" (being married), that is a clue: you can use 100 as a base, with a percent, for only one of the two populations.
Assign a number to men. 60 percent are married = a number. That is also the number of married women. Then find total number of women (using 40%). There are NOT 100 women total.
Assuming all men are married to women and vice versa:
1) What number of married men AND women?
Let there be 100 men
60 percent of men are married (to women) =
60 married men AND
60 married women
2) Total population?
100 men
Total number of women?
60 married women = 40% of all women, W
60 = .40W
\(\frac{60}{.4}=\) W
W = 150
Total: (100 + 150) = 250
Married: (60 + 60) = 120
3) Percent married?
\(\frac{120}{250} * 100 = (.48 * 100) =\) 48 percent
Answer D
