Question

27.) FEMALE LAWYERS There are 1,094,751 active lawyers living

in the United States. If 71.4% of these lawyers are male, find
(a) the percent of the lawyers who are female and (b) the number
of lawyers who are female. Round to the nearest whole number.

Answer 1

28.6%; 313,099

Explanation:

Lawyers are either male or female, so if 71.4% are male, then 100% minus that are female.

100% - 71.4% = 28.6%

28.6% of 1,094,751 is:

0.286 × 1094751 = 313098.786

Rounded to the nearest whole number, there are 313,099 female lawyers.