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In 2011, for every five people who worked in the health sect
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The employment breakdown of the 80 million person workforce in Country X in the year 2011 and the projected employment breakdown of the 120 million person workforce predicted for the country in the year 2050.
In 2011, for every five people who worked in the health sector, n people worked in the service sector. What is the value of n?
In 2011, for every five people who worked in the health sector, n people worked in the service sector. What is the value of n?
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18 Oct 2020, 20:19
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employees in health sector year 2011=12.5%of 80 million=10 million
employees in service sector year 2011= =20%of 80 million= 16 million
for 10 million employees of health sector there are 16 million service sector employees
for 5 employees of health sector there will be 5*16/10=8 service sector employees
n will be 8
employees in service sector year 2011= =20%of 80 million= 16 million
for 10 million employees of health sector there are 16 million service sector employees
for 5 employees of health sector there will be 5*16/10=8 service sector employees
n will be 8
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25 Oct 2020, 09:52
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This one is simple, it essentially gives us a ratio, for every 5 people in health, there are n in services
We can write this as 5:n, which we can write as 10:2n (multiply the ratio by 2)
Now we can calculate these values from the pie chart.
Health employment is 0.125*80 million = 10 million
Services employment is 0.2*80 million = 16 million
Now we can equate the two ratios, 10:2n = 10:16
Thus 2n = 16 and n = 8
We can write this as 5:n, which we can write as 10:2n (multiply the ratio by 2)
Now we can calculate these values from the pie chart.
Health employment is 0.125*80 million = 10 million
Services employment is 0.2*80 million = 16 million
Now we can equate the two ratios, 10:2n = 10:16
Thus 2n = 16 and n = 8
