SOLUTION: how do I work this problem-One third of the candidates for a job were 25 years old or younger. Two sevenths of the candidates were at least 50 years old. If 84 people applied for t

SOLUTION: how do I work this problem-One third of the candidates for a job were 25 years old or younger. Two sevenths of the candidates were at least 50 years old. If 84 people applied for t

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Question 1072720: how do I work this problem-One third of the candidates for a job were 25 years old or younger. Two sevenths of the candidates were at least 50 years old. If 84 people applied for the job, how many were between 25 and 50?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
84 people
1/3 or 28 were <=25 years old
2/7, ot 24 were at least 50
That leaves 84-(52) or 32, that are between 25 and 50.
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