In a certain department store, which has four sizes of a specific shirt, there are 1/3 as many small shirts as medium shirts, and 1/2 as many large shirts as small shirts. If there are as many x-large shirts as large shirts, what percent of the shirts in the store are medium?

a) 10%
b) 25%
c) 33%
d) 50%
e) 60%

• e) 60%
  If S=Small, M=Midium, L=Large, X= x large
  S=M/3 & L=S/2=M/6 given L=X, so X=M/6
  Total shirts=(M/3)+ M + (M/6)+ (M/6)=5M/3
  % of Medium size shirts in Total shirts=M/(5M/3)=3/5 or 60%
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• e
  medium size shirt say m
  den small=1/3 m
  large=1/2(1/3)m=1/6 m
  x-l shirt=1/2(1/3)m=1/6 m
  % m=1/(1+1/3+1/6+1/6)*100=60%
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• m=>medium
  l=>large
  s=>small
  x=>x-large
  let medium shirts be m
  then small shirts are 1/3m
  then large shirts are 1/6m
  and given large shirts=x-large
  so total sirts are m+1/3m+1/6m+1/6m=5/3m
  and percent of medium shirts is 60%
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• let small-s;medium-m;large-l;extra large-xl.so
  1/3s=m , 1/2l=s that means l=1/6m and l=xl so xl=1/6m
  total no. of shirts=m/3+m+m/6+m/6 = 55m/3
  % of m size = m/(5m/3)=60%
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