Question

20 women and 980 men a ran a marathon. What percentage of the runners were women?

Answer 1

Given:

The number of men runners is 980.

The number of women runners is 20.

The total number of persons is 1000.

To find the percentage of women runners:

The percentage of women runners is,

`\begin{gathered} \frac{Women}{\text{Total}}*100\text{ \%=}(20)/(1000)*100 \\ =2\text{ \%} \end{gathered}`

Thus, the percentage of women runners is 2%.