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#1 2006-12-12 10:05:33
- Neha
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Am i correct ?
in a group of sinngle mothers, 14% were on welfare while the others were employed . if 4300 were employed, how mmany mothers in this group were on welfare?
i did this..but now i think what i did isn't right. what are your thoughts on what i did :
14/100 = x/4300
100x = 60200
x = 602
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#2 2006-12-12 10:18:13
- Talvon
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Re: Am i correct ?
I did 4300/86 (As the other 86% of the group are employed), and then *100 to get the amount of people in the group as a whole (5000), then subtracted the employed people (4300) to get the remaining number of people on welfare in the group as 700.
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#3 2006-12-12 16:32:49
- pi man
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Re: Am i correct ?
Talvon's answer is correct but let's look at where you went wrong Teha:
Your first line: 14/100 = x/4300
The 14 is the number of women on welfare and 100 is the total women. X in the second fraction also represents the women on welfare but 4300 is the number of women NOT on welfare instead of the TOTAL number of women. It should be:
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