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In a certain company, one-third of the employees have a university degree. Half of the employees who have a university degree are men and 40% of the employees who do not have a university degree are women. If 102 of the employees are men, how many of the employees are women?

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Explanation:

Let's break down the information given:

1. One-third of the employees have a university degree.

2. Half of the employees with a university degree are men.

3. 40% of the employees without a university degree are women.

4. 102 employees are men.

Let's define some variables:

- Let E be the total number of employees.

- Let D be the number of employees with a university degree.

- Let ND be the number of employees without a university degree.

- Let M be the number of male employees.

- Let W be the number of female employees.

Given information:

1. D = (1/3) * E

2. M = (1/2) * D

3. W = 0.4 * ND

4. M = 102

Since half of the employees with a university degree are men (2nd point), we can substitute D from the 1st point into the 2nd point:

M = (1/2) * D = (1/2) * (1/3) * E = (1/6) * E

Since the number of male employees is given as 102 (4th point), we can equate M to 102:

(1/6) * E = 102

Now we can solve for E:

E = 102 * 6

E = 612

Now we can find D (employees with a university degree) and ND (employees without a university degree):

D = (1/3) * E = (1/3) * 612 = 204

ND = E - D = 612 - 204 = 408

Since 40% of the employees without a university degree are women (3rd point), we can find W:

W = 0.4 * ND = 0.4 * 408 = 163.2

Since the number of employees must be a whole number, we can assume that the number of female employees is rounded up to the nearest whole number (since we can't have a fraction of a person):

W = 164

Therefore, there are 164 female employees in the company.

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