Question

In a recent year, 31.9% of all registered doctors were female. If there were 53,400 female registered doctors that year, what was the total number of registered doctors?

Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

Answer 1

Explanation:

number of female doctors that year = 53,400

as a percentage of the total no of docors =31.9%

31.9%------->53,400

so 1%-------->53,400/31.9

so the rest of percentage must be the no of male docors..... so (100-31.9) % = 68.1%

so 68.1%----------> (53,400/31.9)×68.1

so total no of docors= [(53,400/31.9)×68.1]+53,400

= 167398.1

or

31.9%------->53,400

so 1%-------->53,400/31.9

100%-------->(53400/31.9 )×100

so total no of docors = (53400/31.9 )×100

~ approximately 167398 doctors