document.write( "Question 1166016: There are currently 7,456 police officers in a particular state. 3,211 of them are females. What percent of the officers are female? What proportion of the officers are female? What percent are males? What proportion are males? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "                   HOW MANY               FRACTION            PERCENT\r\n" );
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document.write( "Male Officers      7456-3211=4245        4245/7456=            56.934\r\n" );
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document.write( "Female Officers     3211                 3211/7456=            43.07\r\n" );
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document.write( "All Officers        7456                    1                 100\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Percent means, \"parts in one hundred\".
\n" ); document.write( "Multiply the fraction by 100, and that is the percentage. \n" ); document.write( "

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