Re: Of all the nations with populations greater than 500,000 who are not m
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11 Dec 2024, 02:34
The circles are the countries with more than half a million people. If we count all the circles, not dots, that are outside the NATO circle, we find 6 are in the euro circle, and 11 are above the two Venn circles. That's a total of 17 , the "whole", and the "part" consists of those six inside the euro circle.
We'll estimate ---- 6/17 is slightly more than $\(6 / 18\)$ (when the denominator gets bigger, the fraction gets smaller), and \($6 / 18=1 / 3=33 \%\)$, so we expect a percent slightly larger than $\(33 \%\)$. Answer (B) is perfect.
In a more precise calculation:
$$
\(\text { percent }=\frac{6}{17} \times 100 \%=35.2941 \rightarrow 35 \%\)
$$
Answer = $\(\mathbf{( B )}\)$.