Question

In a law firm, 72% of the employees are associates and 54% of the employees are senior associates. What percent of the associates in the firm are junior associates?

Answer 1

Answer:

25% of associates are junior associates

Step-by-step explanation:

Let E be the number of employees, A the number of associates and S the number of senior associates.

72% of employees are associates

=> A = 72% of E = 0.72 E

54% of employess are senior associates

=> S = 54% of E = 0.54 E

Let J be the number of junior associates.

Then

J = A - S = 0.72 E - 0.54 E = 0.18 E

=> as a proportion of the number of associates

J / A = 0.18 E / 0.72 E = 0.18 / 0.72 = 0.25

=> J = 0.25 A = 25% of A