document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=199852>Question 199852</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve the following problem:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "in a certain company, 30 percent of men and 20 percent of women attend night school.  If 40 percent of all employees are men, what % of ALL employees attend night school?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if 30 % of men  attend,  then  .3 * .4 = .12  of  total attend<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If 20 % of  women  attend,  then .2 * .6 = .12 of  total  attend<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Total  attendance  is  .12 +.12 = .24  or  24%  of  total<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let  100  =  plant  Total<BR>\n" );
document.write( "40 % are  men ,,,,.4 * 100  =40,,of  them 30% attend,,40 * .3 =12  men  attend<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60 %  are  women = .6 *100 = 60,,,of  them 20% attend,, 60 * .20 = 12  women<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Total  attendance  is  12 +12 = 24,,,,or  24 / 100 = 24 %,,,,,ok </SPAN>\n" );
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