Question

In a certain school 50% of all the male students and 60% of all the female students play varsity sport. If 40% of the students at the the school are male,what is the percentage of students that don't play the varsity sport?

Answer 1

44% do not play the varsity sport

Explanation:

40% of the students are male.

consequently, 60% of the students are female.

Now, 50% of the male students play,

Hence, out of the 40% males, half of these play, hence 20% play the sport

Now, 60% of the female students play varsity sport, i.e. 0.6 of the female students play,

So, of the 60% female students, (0.6)(60%) play varsity sport,

Hence, 36% female students play,

In total,

20 + 36 = 56% of the students play the sport and consequently,

100 - 56 = 44% do not play the varsity sport

Answer 2

Explanation:

the answer is 24