Question

    The population of the town is 270,000 4/9th of them are

    males and the rest are females. 50% males and 40% females are married. Find the percentage of the unmarried population.
    A 44.4% Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 55.5% Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 33.3% Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 66.6% Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    If the percent value is asked then we must ignore the real values. Here 4/9th is males. Let the total population be 9. Then the number of males = 4 And the number of females = 5 Married males = 50% of4 = 2 unmarried males = 2 Married females = 40% of 5 =2 unmarried females = 5-2= 3 Required percentage = 5/9 100= 55.55%

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