SOLUTION: A town has 1,000 residents, of whom 60% are women and 40% are men. Of the women, 40% wear one earring. Half of the rest wear 2 earrings, and half wear none. Of the men, 60% wear on
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Question 460687: A town has 1,000 residents, of whom 60% are women and 40% are men. Of the women, 40% wear one earring. Half of the rest wear 2 earrings, and half wear none. Of the men, 60% wear one earring. Half of the rest wear 2 earrings, and half wear none. How many earrings are worn in all? Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
If half of the rest wear 2 and the other half of the rest wear none, then on average "the rest" all wear one. So on average, everyone wears one earring. 1000 earrings.
John
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