Question

In a housing society 30% of resident are men over the age of 18 and 40% are women over the age of 18 if there are 24 children living in the housing society then how many total residents living​

Answer 1

There are total 80 residents living in the housing society.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

 Residents as men of 18+ = 30%

 Residents as women of 18+ = 40%

 No. of children = 24

Let the total no. of residents be 'x'.

So, there are (100- 30 - 40)% children in the  jouse.

From the above,

                            ⇒ 0.30 x = 24

                            ⇒ x = 80 residents

                      ⇒ 30% of x =