Question

The population of a town is 16,800 of this, 5by8 has passed high school, 13by16 has a college degree and the rest have not completed high school.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Let x be the no. of people have not completed high school.

Given :

Total population = 16800

x + 5 x / 8 + 13 x / 16 = 16800

16 x + 10 x + 13 x / 16 = 16800

49 x = 16800 × 16

x = 430.5 × 16

x = 6888

Hence, 6880 people have not completed high school.