Question

one-half of the population of a city is of females.2/7 of them live in the slums.what fraction of the people live in the slum ?

Answer 1

x= population
2/7x female
2/14x slum (female)
Hence
1/7 in slum
..........
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Answer 2

Answer:1/7

Step-by-step explanation:

let total population of a city is 14x

so no. of females = 7x

and female live in slum = 2/7 *(7x)

                                         = 2x

sop people live in slum = 2x/14x

                                      =1/7

so 1/7 fraction of total population live in slum