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Question
The population of a town is 155625. Forever, 1000 males, there are 1075 females. If 40% of the males and 24% of the females are literate, find the percentage of literacy in the town.
Options
33.7
32.7
31.7
30.7
MCQ
Solution
31.7
Explanation:
Ratio of male to female = 1000: 1075
= 40 : 43
40% of male and 24% of female are literate i.e. total % of literacy
`=(40/100xx40+24/100xx43)/(40+43)xx100`
`=(1600+1032)/8300xx100`
= 31.7%
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