document.write( "Question 528157: in a certain population, 30% of the women are married and 40% of the men are married. what percent of the total population in married? round answer to the nearest tenth of a percent. assume that one woman is married to one man and that each couple resides in this population- \n" ); document.write( "
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Let \"+w+\" = number of women in population
\n" ); document.write( "Let \"+m+\" = number of men in population
\n" ); document.write( "Because the married women and married
\n" ); document.write( "men are paired with each other, I can say
\n" ); document.write( "\"+.3w+=+.4m+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+m+=+%283%2F4%29%2Aw+\"
\n" ); document.write( "I am asked to find:
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\n" ); document.write( "\"+.6w+%2F+1.75w+=+.3428+\"
\n" ); document.write( "To the nearest 1/10 of a percent,
\n" ); document.write( "34.3% of the population is married
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