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police officers

by coolgirl26 » Sun Apr 19, 2009 12:45 pm
if 10% of employees of the state force are police officers

what is the number of employees who are not police officers?


1) 5% of the police offers employed in the force are women

2) 45% of employees at state force are women

ANSwer E
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by DanaJ » Sun Apr 19, 2009 1:09 pm
This one actually has one of the shortest explanations I've ever written:

You can't find the exact number of policemen since there is NO OTHER NUMBER to begin with. You're only given percentages:

For all we know, the entire state employed people could be 100 or 1 million.