Question

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Find out the total population of a town if the ratio between the literate and the
illiterate of the inhabitants of the town is 2:5. The numbers of illiterate exceeds
the number of literates by 9,000.
[Ans. 21,000]​

Answer 1

Answer:

Ratio of male to female = 1000:1075=40:43

40% of male and 24% of female are literate i.e. total % of literacy

=

40+43

100

40

×40+

100

24

×43

×100

=

8300

1600+1032

×100

= 31.7%

Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

let the no. of literate people be 2x and illiterate people be 5x

A/Q, 5x-2x=9000

3x=9000

x=3000

total no. of people =2x+5x=7x

=7×3000

=21000

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