Question

17. The population of a town is 4,50,772. One out of every 7 is reported to be
educated. In all, how many educated persons are there in the village? How many
uneducated persons are there?​

Answer 1

Answer:

According to question, there is one out of every 14 persons is illiterate. So, we would use "Unitary method". Hence, there are 32198 illiterate persons in the town.

Answer 2

Answer:

total population of Town =450772

total number of educated people is 1/7 of total=450772÷7=64396

rest is uneducated

450772×6/7=386376 is uneducated