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One percent of the people of country X are taller than 6 ft, 2 percent of
the people of country Y are taller than 6 ft. There are thrice as many people
in country X as in country Y. Taking both countries together. What % of
people are taller than 6 ft?
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- let country y has 100 peoples. then taller peoples are 2. (2% of 100)
and no of people in x are 300. then taller peoples are 3. (1% of 300)
population of both country is 400 and taller peoples are 5.
in percent => (5/100)*400 = 1.25% ans. - 10 years agoHelpfull: Yes(3) No(1)
- 5*100/400 = 1.25%
- 10 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(2)
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