document.write( "Question 1115285: In a town, 30% of the men and 25% of the women are overweight. If the town has 55% men and 45% women, what percent of the people are overweight? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "If the entire population is P individuals, then\r\n" );
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document.write( "    the number of men   is  0.55*P,  and the number of overweight men   is 0.30*0.55*P.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    the number of women is  0.45*P,  and the number of overweight women is 0.25*0.45*P.\r\n" );
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document.write( "In all, the number of overweight individuals is  \r\n" );
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document.write( "    0.30*0.55*P + 0.25*0.45*P = (0.30*0.55 + 0.25*0.45)*P = 0.2775*P,\r\n" );
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document.write( "which gives the percent of the overweight population  27.75%.\r\n" );
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