Q33:
In Town X, 64 percent of the population are employed, and 48 percent of the population are employed males. What percent of the employed people in Town X are females?
A. 16%
B. 25%
C. 32%
D. 40%
E. 52%
OA:B
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Lets say the town has 100 people.
That means 64 are employed
48 would be employed males
64-48=16 employed females
Now the question asks what percent of the employed people are females?
16/64= 25%
That means 64 are employed
48 would be employed males
64-48=16 employed females
Now the question asks what percent of the employed people are females?
16/64= 25%
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Here is a faster way to solve this. The question asks for 48% of 64. This is just less than 50%, ie. just less than 64/2 = 32. From the choices just less than 32 is 25.dmateer25 wrote:Lets say the town has 100 people.
That means 64 are employed
48 would be employed males
64-48=16 employed females
Now the question asks what percent of the employed people are females?
16/64= 25%
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"what percent of the employed people are females"
Here the question is asking what percent of emplyed people are females, not emplyed females in other words what %age of employed people are total females, not necessarily employed females.
Any thoughts on this? I see ambiguity here, does anyone else also see it.
Here the question is asking what percent of emplyed people are females, not emplyed females in other words what %age of employed people are total females, not necessarily employed females.
Any thoughts on this? I see ambiguity here, does anyone else also see it.
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Let's just do assuming population is X, not as 100,50 or any number.
total employed population=X*64%, male employed population=X*48%
Therefore, percent of the female employed population= (X*64% - X*48%)/X*64%=>1/4, hence 25%
total employed population=X*64%, male employed population=X*48%
Therefore, percent of the female employed population= (X*64% - X*48%)/X*64%=>1/4, hence 25%
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Let's use a convenient value for the total number of people in town X. Since this is a percent problem, 100 is an easy number to use. If there are 100 people in the town, we know:Fab wrote:Q33:
In Town X, 64 percent of the population are employed, and 48 percent of the population are employed males. What percent of the employed people in Town X are females?
A. 16%
B. 25%
C. 32%
D. 40%
E. 52%
100 x 0.64 = 64 = total employed
100 x 0.48 = 48 = employed males
Thus, 64 - 48 = 16 employed females
Now let's solve for the percent of employed people in town X who are females.
[(Employed Females)/(Total Employed)] x 100 = 16/64 x 100
¼ x 100 = 25%
Answer B
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Since the question is asking us to find a certain percent (and not a specific value), let's say there are 100 people inTown X.
In Town X, 64 percent of the population are employed
64% of 100 = 64, which means there are 64 employed people in Town X
48 percent of the population are employed males
48% of 100 = 48, which means 48 of the 64 employed people in Town X are males.
What percent of the employed people in Town X are females?
If there are 64 employed people in Town X, and 48 of them are males, then the remaining 16 employed people must be females.
In other words, 16 of the 64 employed people are females.
16/64 = 1/4 = 25%
So, 25% of the employed people are females.
Answer: B