Hi All,
Hoping someone can help me with the following problem solving percents question:
"A magazine's survey of its subscribers finds that 20% are male. If 70% of the subscribers are married, and 10% of these are male, what percent of the male subscribers are not married?"
My set-up has looked something like this: [(.70)(x).10 + (.30)(x) ?] =.20x, where x is the total number of subscribers and ? is the % of not-married male subscribers. Somehow I managed to get the right answer, but I think I just got lucky and my logic is wrong.
This is my first post, and if I made some moronic mistake or this it is all wrong, all I ask is that you be gentle!haha
Appreciate the help!
-Santiago
ps Answer choices are: a) 7% b) 13% c) 35% d) 65% e) 90%
Hoping someone can help me with the following problem solving percents question:
"A magazine's survey of its subscribers finds that 20% are male. If 70% of the subscribers are married, and 10% of these are male, what percent of the male subscribers are not married?"
My set-up has looked something like this: [(.70)(x).10 + (.30)(x) ?] =.20x, where x is the total number of subscribers and ? is the % of not-married male subscribers. Somehow I managed to get the right answer, but I think I just got lucky and my logic is wrong.
This is my first post, and if I made some moronic mistake or this it is all wrong, all I ask is that you be gentle!haha
Appreciate the help!
-Santiago
ps Answer choices are: a) 7% b) 13% c) 35% d) 65% e) 90%
