Question

A city has a population of 3,00,000 out of which 1,80,000 are males. 50% of the population is literate. If 70% of the males are literate, the number of literate females is :

Answer 1

(a) Literate population = 50/100 (300000)=150000 Male literate population = 70/100 (180000) = 126000 ∴ Literate female population = 150000 – 126000 = 24000