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Question 462046: I was sent test examples for employment i would very much like to have. But, I have no idea how to do one of these problems. I have the answers, but no idea how they got them. Here is the question:
In a certain company, 30 percent of the men and 20 percent of the women attend night school. If 40 percent of all employees are men, what percent of all the employees attend night school?
Answer:
24
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30 percent of 40 percent is 12 percent, so 12 percent of the total number of employees are men that go to night school.

20 percent of 60 percent is 12 percent, so 12 percent of the total number of employees are women that go to night school.

12 plus 12 is 24.

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