A small country has a population of 17 million people of whom 8.4 million are male and 8.6 million are female. If 75% of the male population and 63% of the female population are literate, what percentage of the total population is literate?
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Given in the question :
Total population = 8.4 million (male) + 8.6 million( female)
Total literate population = 75% of male pop + 63% of female pop
= .75*8.4 + .63*8.6 million = 11.718 million
Lets calculate what' asked in Question:
The percentage of total population that' literate
= (total literate population ( 11.718 million ) / total population ( 17 million)) * 100%
= (11.718 / 17 ) * 100%
= 68.93% ( rounded off to 2 digits after decimal)
Answer: Percentage of the total population is literate is 69.93%
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