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(Message started by: SgtAcid on Jan 24^th, 2003, 3:58pm)

Title: African Village(very easy)
Post by SgtAcid on Jan 24^th, 2003, 3:58pm

In a certain African village there live 800 women. Three percent of them are wearing one earring. Of the other 97 percent, half are wearing two earrings, half are wearing none. How many earrings all together are being worn by the women?

Title: Re: African Village(very easy)
Post by NickH on Jan 24^th, 2003, 4:07pm

Correct. That is very easy!

Title: Re: African Village(very easy)
Post by SgtAcid on Jan 24^th, 2003, 5:57pm

If it is that easy whats the answer? because some people come up with the wrong answer for a certain reason.

Title: Re: African Village(very easy)
Post by NickH on Jan 24^th, 2003, 6:36pm

Well, 3% of the women wear one earring. The remainder wear an average of one earring. So the overall average is one earring per woman; hence 800 earrings.

What is the "certain reason" you refer to?

Title: Re: African Village(very easy)
Post by jimbo on Feb 24^th, 2003, 6:40am

He is probably referring to the answer of 412. This is the number of women wearing earings. The total number of earings is 800.