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08/08/2018 at 03:17

There were 100 men and women at a baseball card show:
59 were men.
72 were football and baseball card collectors.
81 lived in the city.
89 were right-handed.
Only 3 of the men were left-handed. What fraction or percentage of the women were lefties?

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Nguyễn Viết Trung Nhân 17/03/2020 at 03:01

The number of women is: 100 - 59 = 41(women)

The number of men were right- handed is: 59 - 3 = 56(men)

The number of women were right-handed is: 89 - 56 = 33(women)

The number of women were lefties is: 41 - 33 = 8(women)

The ratio of the women were lefties is: 8 : 100 = 8%

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