document.write( "Question 1177476: There are 150 people at an International
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document.write( "Medical Conference. 40 are Africans, 70
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document.write( "are women and 110 are doctors. 12 of the
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document.write( "women are Africans, 46 of the doctors are
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document.write( "women and 31 of the Africans are doctors.
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document.write( "If 5 of the African men are not doctors:
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document.write( "a how many of the African women are
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document.write( "doctors
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document.write( "b how many of the men are neither African
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Algebra.Com's Answer #851932 by ikleyn(52781)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! . \n" ); document.write( "There are 150 people at an International Medical Conference. \n" ); document.write( "40 are Africans, 70 are women and 110 are doctors. \n" ); document.write( "12 of the women are Africans, 46 of the doctors are women and 31 of the Africans are doctors. \n" ); document.write( "If 5 of the African men are not doctors: \n" ); document.write( "(a) how many of the African women are doctors ? \n" ); document.write( "(b) how many of the men are neither African nor doctors? \n" ); document.write( "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " In the post by @CPhill, his solution to part (a) is OUT of LOGIC, so it is INCORRECT.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " Below is my solution for part (a).\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(a) How many of the African women are doctors ?\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \r\n" ); document.write( " The solution is in 3 logical steps.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " (1) We are given that there are 40 Africans, and 12 of women are Africans. \r\n" ); document.write( " Hence, the number of African men is 40-12 = 28.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " (2) Next, we are given that 5 of African men are not doctors.\r\n" ); document.write( " Hence, 28-5 = 23 is the number of African men who are doctors.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " (3) Next, we are given that 31 of Africans are doctors.\r\n" ); document.write( " Hence, the number of African women who are doctors is 31-23 = 8.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "ANSWER. The number of African women who are doctors is 8.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Part (a) is solved.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |