Question

A town has 40% men and 35% women in its population. Of all the children in the town, 40% are girls. If the total number of girls is 1200 what is the total population?

• A. 15500
• B. 14000
• C. 12000
• D. 11500

Answer 1

Answer:

C. 12000

Let the total population be x If 40% men and 35% women in the population then 100-(40+35)=25% are children given that 40% of children are girls 40% of 25% of x = 1200 ⇒ [40x25/(100 × 100)] × x = 1200 ⇒ x = (1200 × 100 × 100)/1000 ⇒ x = 12000