Question

95%are female and 185 males what is the total

Answer 1

The total would be 3,700.  Because you can cross multiple then divide 185(# of males) over T(total) equals 5%(percent of males) over 100%.  185x100=18500 and Tx5=5T.  So 18,500 divided by 5=3,700.  So the total of males and females is 3,700.

Answer 2

95% are female.

It means (100% - 95%) are male. 5% are male.

185 are males.

Let total be x.

5% of x = 185

(5/100) * x = 185

x = 185 * 100/5

x = 185* 20 = 3700

Total = 3700