document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=528157>Question 528157</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 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- </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #349167 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><B>KMST(5328)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=KMST><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=349167\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let m be the number of men in the population, and w be the number of women in the population.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The number of married men, equalling the number of married women is<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That means that<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the total of the population is<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The number of married people is twice the number of married women or<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And the fraction of the population that is married is<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That's 34%, or 34.3%, or 34.29%, or ...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Maybe there were just 70 people in that town, 40 women and 30 men, including 12 couples. </SPAN>\n" );
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