Question

The population of a town is 450772. In a survey, it was reported that one out of every 14 persons is illiterate. In all how many illiterate persons are there in the town?

Answer 1

Answer: There are 32198 illiterate persons in the town.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have given that

Population of a town = 450772

According to question, there is one out of every 14 persons is illiterate.

So, we would use "Unitary method".

For every 14 persons, number of illiterate people = 14

For every 1 person, number of illiterate people is given by $\dfrac{1}{14}$

For every 450772 persons, number of illiterate people is given by

$\dfrac{1}{14}\times 450772=32,198$

Hence, there are 32198 illiterate persons in the town.

Answer 2

Answer:

32198 is the answer....