Question
In a recent survey in a city, 60% houses contained two
or more persons and rest have only 1 person. Of those houses having only one person, 45% were having only one male. What is the percentage of all houses, which contain only one female?Solution
Let total number of houses = 100 Number of houses having one person = 40 Number of houses having only female = 55% of 40 = 22 Required % = 22%
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