40% of the women are above 30 years of age and 80 percent of the women...
Answer – c) 70% Explanation : take total women =100 Women less than or equal to 50 years = 80 and women above 50 years = 20 20 = women plays basketball 30% of the women above 50 plays basketball = 6 So remaining 14 women who plays basketball are less than or equal to 50 years So (14/20)*100 = 70%
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40% of the women are above 30 years of age and 80 percent of the women...
Given data:
- 40% of women are above 30 years of age
- 80% of women are less than or equal to 50 years of age
- 20% of all women play basketball
- 30% of women above the age of 50 play basketball
To find: What percent of players are less than or equal to 50 years?
Solution:
Let's assume there are 100 women in total. Then,
- 40 women are above 30 years of age (40% of 100)
- 80 women are less than or equal to 50 years of age (80% of 100)
- 20 women play basketball (20% of 100)
Now, out of the 40 women above 30 years of age, let's say x% play basketball. Then,
- Number of women above 30 years of age who play basketball = x% of 40 = 0.4x
Also, out of the 80 women less than or equal to 50 years of age, (100 - x)% play basketball. Then,
- Number of women less than or equal to 50 years of age who play basketball = (100 - x)% of 80 = 0.8(100 - x)
We are given that 30% of women above the age of 50 play basketball, which means 0.3 times the number of women above 50 years of age play basketball. So,
- Number of women above 50 years of age who play basketball = 0.3(40 - x)
The total number of women who play basketball is 20. Therefore,
- Number of women who play basketball = Number of women above 30 years of age who play basketball + Number of women less than or equal to 50 years of age who play basketball + Number of women above 50 years of age who play basketball
- 20 = 0.4x + 0.8(100 - x) + 0.3(40 - x)
- 20 = 0.4x + 80 - 0.8x + 12 - 0.3x
- 0.1x = -72
- x = 720/10 = 72
Therefore, out of the 40 women above 30 years of age, 72% play basketball. And out of the 80 women less than or equal to 50 years of age, (100 - 72)% = 28% play basketball.
Hence, the percentage of players who are less than or equal to 50 years of age = 20% - 72% + 28% = 76%.
Therefore, option C (70%) is incorrect. The correct answer is option E (None of these).
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