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In a coach of a train ,40% of the percentage are women,0.16 are children and the rest are men
a)what percent of the passengers are men
b)are there more women than men on the coach

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sqdancefan

Answer:

  a) 44%

  b) no

Step-by-step explanation:

You want to know the percentage of men when 40% are women and 16% are children, and whether there are more women than men.

Percentages

The total percentage of all passengers in the coach is 100%. That means we have ...

  women + children + men = 100%

  40% +16% +men = 100% . . . . . use the given numbers

  men = 44% . . . . . . . . subtract 56% from both sides

44% of the passengers are men.

Comparison

We are given that 40% of the passengers are women. That is fewer than the 44% that are men.

  40% < 44%

There are not more women than men in the coach.

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Additional comment

A decimal (or fraction, or anything else) is converted to a percentage by multiplying it by 100%:

  0.16 × 100% = 16%

The actual numbers of men and women are found by multiplying the percentages by the total number of passengers. Since the multiplier (number of passengers) is the same for each of the percentages, we can simply compare the percentages without even knowing the total number of passengers.

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