document.write( "Question 76823: Use the following table to answer the question.
\n" ); document.write( "Population of Europe by Age Groups
\n" ); document.write( " Population (in thousands)
\n" ); document.write( "--------------1950------1970----1995
\n" ); document.write( "Age 0-14/----/143,175---166,367---139,464
\n" ); document.write( "Age 15-64/--/359,162---421,432---487,110
\n" ); document.write( "Age 65+ /--/--44,981----68,642---101,338
\n" ); document.write( "Age 75+ /--/--14,553----22,762-----38,139
\n" ); document.write( "Total---/--/-547,318---656,441---727,912
\n" ); document.write( "Source: European Rural Development (ERD) Project.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "What percentage of Europe's population was in the age 15-64 group in 1950?
\n" ); document.write( "This is what I have done so far.
\n" ); document.write( "547,318 - 359,162=188,156
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A MORE DIRECT WAY TO FIND THE % IS TO DIVIDE THE SELECTED POPULATION BY THE TOTAL POPULATION. THUS:
\n" ); document.write( "359,162/547,318=.656 OR 65.6% OF THE POPULATION WAS BETWEEN15-64 IN 1950.
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