Question

a. Jacob is the most popular name among the 2,086,814 males born in 2000. The Jacobs make up 1.6516% of all males born that year. How many Jacobs were born in 2000?

Answer 1

34,466

Explanation:

Given:

Number of males born in 2000 = 2,086,814

Percentage of males bearing Jacob of all males born in 2000 = 1.6516%

Required:

Number of Jacobs born in 2000

Solution:

Number of Jacobs born in 2000 = 1.6516% of number of males born in 2000.

`= (1.6516)/(100)*2,086,814`

`= 0.016516*2,086,814 = 34,465.82`

Number of Jacobs born in 2000 is approximately 34,466.