Question

the average wage of all the workers in a factory is 500 if the average wages paid to male and female are 600 and 200 respectively find percentae of male and female workers

Answer 1

Answer:

Let the number of male and female employees be M and F respectively. Then,

Total salary of male employees = Rs 5200 M

Total salary of female employees = Rs 4200 F

Total number of employees = M + F

∴ Total salary of all the employees = Rs 5000 (M + F)

∴ 5200 M + 4200 F = 5000 M + 5000 F

⇒200M=800F⇒

F

M

=

1

4

⇒M:F=4:1

∴ Percentage of female employees = (

5

1

×100)% = 20%