SOLUTION: At a company picnic 1/2 the people there were employees, 1/3 were their spouses. What is the percent of the others?

SOLUTION: At a company picnic 1/2 the people there were employees, 1/3 were their spouses. What is the percent of the others?

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Question 134259: At a company picnic 1/2 the people there were employees, 1/3 were their spouses. What is the percent of the others?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The employees were 1/2 or 3/6
The spouses were 1/3 or 2/6

The others were 1/6 = 16.7%
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