police officers

[coolgirl26]

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
plz help explain

[DanaJ]

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.