Question

In a certain year, about 11/5000 of a country’s population were female nursing home residents and about 7/5000 of a country’s population were male nursing home residents. Find the total fraction of the county’s population that was residing in nursing homes that year

Answer 1

18/5000 or 9/2500

Explanation:

Since we know both male and female nursing home residents, we can just add the two together to find the total.