SOLUTION: the number of women under the jurisdiction of Federal or State prison authorities is 97,491, while the number of men is 1,343,164. Using this data, find the percentage of the t

Question 32269: the number of women under the jurisdiction of Federal or State prison authorities is 97,491, while the number of men is 1,343,164.
Using this data, find the percentage of the total people that were
a. women
b. men

Answer by ikdeep(226) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Men population = 1,343,164
women population = 97,491
total population = Men population + women population
= 1,343,164 + 97,491
= 1,440,655
percentage of men = (men population / total population) * 100
percentage of weomen = (women population / total population) * 100
solve the equations and you will get the answer.....
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