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Which four groups make up nearly one half of the male population?

Which four groups make up nearly one half of the male population?-example-1
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We are given the percentages for males on the left side and the percentages for females on the right side.

We are trying to find four groups that make up nearly 1/2 of the male population, so we want the percentages for these groups to add up to nearly 50%.

Let's take a look at the lowest age groups of the male population, which in turn make up the highest proportion of the male population.

We have the age group 0-4, which makes up roughly 12%.

We have the age group 5-9, which makes up roughly 11%.

We have the age group 10-14, which makes up roughly 11%.

We have the age group 15-19, which makes up roughly 12.5%.

If we add all of these percentages together, we get:

12% + 11% + 11% + 12.5% = 46.5%

Since we cannot go any smaller than 46.5% because this is the closest percentage to 50%, the four groups that make up nearly one half of the male population must be:

Ages 0-4, 5-9, 10-14, and 15-19

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