Question

In a recent year, 27.9% of all registered doctors were female. If there were 53,700 female registered doctors that year, what was the total number of registered doctors? Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

Answer 1

The total number of registered doctors was 192,473.

Explanation:

This question can be solved using a rule of three.

53700 is 27.9% = 0.279. The total number of registered doctors is x, which is 100% = 1. So

53700 doctors - 0.279

x doctors - 1

`0.279x = 53700`

`x = (53700)/(0.279)`

`x = 192473.11`

Rounding to the nearest whole number.

The total number of registered doctors was 192,473.