Question

In 2010, the population of Tallahassee was 186, 411. Of that number, 17.2% were under the age of 18 and 52.9% were female.

How many females were under the age of 18?

Answer 1

First, determine the number of individuals living in Tallahassee by multiplying 17.2% to 186,411 giving us an answer of 32062. Out of this number, 52.9% are female. Doing another multiplication of 32062 by 52.9% will give us the final answer of 16,961 females under 18 years old.