Question

In a recent year, 17.3% of all registered doctors were female. If there were 48,800 female registered doctors that year, what was the total number of registered doctors?

Answer 1

We can start by setting up a proportion:

17.3/100 = 48,800/x

where x is the total number of registered doctors.

Solving for x:

x = (48,800 x 100) / 17.3
x = 281,791.91

Therefore, the total number of registered doctors in that year was approximately 281,792.