Hi all,
Can you please help me with this:
A farmer has 100 sheep in a field. 60% of the sheep are ewes and the rest are rams. 80% of the sheep are lambs and the rest are mature sheep.
75% of the sheep are white and the rest are black.
How many sheep in the field are likely to be black, mature rams.
The answer is 2.
Somebody suggested this, but I still do not get it:
[FONT="]100 sheep[/FONT]
[FONT="]25% are black ie 25[/FONT]
[FONT="]20% are mature ie 1/5 of 25 = 5[/FONT]
[FONT="]40% are rams 5 x 0.4 = 2
[/FONT]Please help.
Saf
Can you please help me with this:
A farmer has 100 sheep in a field. 60% of the sheep are ewes and the rest are rams. 80% of the sheep are lambs and the rest are mature sheep.
75% of the sheep are white and the rest are black.
How many sheep in the field are likely to be black, mature rams.
The answer is 2.
Somebody suggested this, but I still do not get it:
[FONT="]100 sheep[/FONT]
[FONT="]25% are black ie 25[/FONT]
[FONT="]20% are mature ie 1/5 of 25 = 5[/FONT]
[FONT="]40% are rams 5 x 0.4 = 2
[/FONT]Please help.
Saf