Question

In a recent year, 18.9% of all registered doctors were female. If there were 43,100 female registered doctors that year, what was the total number of registered doctors? Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

Answer 1

2,280
The whole decimal is 2,280.42328
You have to divide 43,100 by 18.9
Have a great day and good luck with math!

Answer 2

well, the total is "x", which oddly enough is the 100%.

now, we know that 18.9% of "x" is 43100, what the dickens is "x"?

`\begin{array}{ccll} amount&\%\\ \cline{1-2} x & 100\\ 43100& 18.9 \end{array} \implies \cfrac{x}{43100}~~=~~\cfrac{100}{18.9} \\\\\\ 18.9x=4310000\implies x=\cfrac{4310000}{18.9}\implies x\approx 228042`