The population of london is 12,60000. Of this 2/3rd are men and they are to marry women of London only. If 40% of men were married, find the % of unmarried women?
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2/3 men of $1260000$ is $2/3*1260000=840000$
1/3 women of $1260000$ is $1/3*1260000=420000$
$420000\cdot40/840000= 0.2$ or $20\%$
Larry B.
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2/3 of 12,600,000 is the same as 2/3 * 12,600,000 = 8,400,000 men. Based on your last question, I think you can figure out the rest!
montserrat
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Try to figure out the rest and post your idea here. If it's wrong, I'll fix it. – montserrat Oct 17 '18 at 16:03
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till there even i got but i did get after that so posted – Oct 17 '18 at 16:07
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Are you saying you solved it? – montserrat Oct 17 '18 at 16:08
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yes but i didnt get a right answer. – Oct 17 '18 at 16:09
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2Post your attempt. I think that MSE would appreciate your question more if you post your process to prove that you made a good attempt at it. Also, then we can show you where you went wrong and fix it. – montserrat Oct 17 '18 at 16:12