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EXERCISE

1. The annual salary paid to all employees in a company was ¢1,500. The mean
annual salaries paid to male and female employees of the company were 1560
and $1,260 respectively. Determine the percentages of males and females
employees by the company.

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Based on the above, the employees of the company are 80% male and 20% female.

To determine the percentages of male and female employees in the company, one can use the mean annual salaries provided for each gender.

Let:

x be the number of male employees

F be the number of female employees

Let x represent the fraction of employees that are male. Then the average salary is ...

1560x +1260(1 -x) = 1500

300x +1260 = 1500

x = 240/300 . . . . . . do subtract 1260, and then divide by 300

x = 80%

The employees of the company are 80% male and 20% female.

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. The annual salary paid to all employees in a company was $1,500. The mean annual salaries paid to male and female employees of the company were $1560 and $1,260 respectively. Determine the percentages of males and females employees by the company.

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