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Of the employees at a company, 60 percent were men and, of
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Of the employees at a company, 60 percent were men and, of these, \(\frac{1}{10}\) were still employed after a recent corporate restructuring. If the number of women who were still employed
after the restructuring was five times the number of men who were employed after it, what percent of the women were still employed after the restructuring?
A. 6%
B. 20%
C. 30%
D. 50%
E. 75%
after the restructuring was five times the number of men who were employed after it, what percent of the women were still employed after the restructuring?
A. 6%
B. 20%
C. 30%
D. 50%
E. 75%
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Question: 9
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Re: Of the employees at a company, 60 percent were men and, of
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27 Mar 2018, 21:22
27 Mar 2018, 21:22
sandy wrote:
Of the employees at a company, 60 percent were men and, of these, were still employed after a recent corporate restructuring. If the number of women who were still employed
after the restructuring was five times the number of men who were employed after it, what percent of the women were still employed after the restructuring?
A. 6%
B. 20%
C. 30%
D. 50%
E. 75%
after the restructuring was five times the number of men who were employed after it, what percent of the women were still employed after the restructuring?
A. 6%
B. 20%
C. 30%
D. 50%
E. 75%
Drill 2
Question: 9
Page: 550
Question: 9
Page: 550
I think you miss some info in " of these, were still employed after a recent corporate restructuring", please check it out.~~
Re: Of the employees at a company, 60 percent were men and, of
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06 Apr 2018, 15:06
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Set up a group grid and, because you are dealing with percents and fractions, plug in 100 for the total number of employees at the company. There will be 60 men, of whom 6 are still employed after the restructuring.
Subtracting 60 from 100 gives you 40, the total number of women. Five times the 6 men who are still employed gives you 30, the number of women still employed. After filling in this information, the group grid looks like the figure below.
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There are 30 women, but the question asks you what percent this represents of the total number of women. 30 out of 40 is 75 percent, so the answer is choice (E).
Set up a group grid and, because you are dealing with percents and fractions, plug in 100 for the total number of employees at the company. There will be 60 men, of whom 6 are still employed after the restructuring.
Subtracting 60 from 100 gives you 40, the total number of women. Five times the 6 men who are still employed gives you 30, the number of women still employed. After filling in this information, the group grid looks like the figure below.
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Capture.JPG [ 31.86 KiB | Viewed 6176 times ]
There are 30 women, but the question asks you what percent this represents of the total number of women. 30 out of 40 is 75 percent, so the answer is choice (E).
