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A city has a population of 2.8 million people. 45% of the population are male.

How many females live in the city?

User Fangmobile
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Answer:

the answer for this question is 1.54×10^6

Explanation:

45%- Male

100%-45%=55%

55/100×(2.8×10^6)=1540000

=1.54×10^6

User Masoom Badi
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Answer:

1.54 million

Explanation:

If 45% of the population are males, then 55% are females. 55%=55/100=0.55. Multiplying this by the total population of the city, you can find that it has 0.55*2,800,00=1.54 million females. Hope this helps!

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