Question

Choose the option that best answers the question. Paracelsus University has two kinds of professors: academic professors and professional professors. At Paracelsus University, 60% of the professors are academic professors, and 70% of the professors are tenured. If 90% of the professors at Paracelsus University are academic professors or tenured or both, then what percent of the professional professors there are tenured

Answer 1

75%

Explanation:

The computation of the percent of the professional professors there are tenured is shown below;

Given that

academic professors A = 60%

professors tenured P = 70%

professors at Paracelsus University = 90%

Based on the above information

As we know that 90% of the professors could be academic professors or tenured or both

so here we can say that the percent of academic professors is

= 60 + 70 - 90

= 40

Therefore professors tenured will be

= 70 - 40

= 30

Now the percentage of professional professor that is tenured is

= 30 ÷ 40 × 100

= 75%