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AMC 8 2004 Problem 22

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November 28, 2010
probabilityratio

Problem Statement

At a party there are only single women and married men with their wives. The probability that a randomly selected woman is single is 25\frac{2}{5}. What fraction of the people in the room are married men?
<spanclass=′latex−bold′>(A)</span> 13<spanclass=′latex−bold′>(B)</span> 38<spanclass=′latex−bold′>(C)</span> 25<spanclass=′latex−bold′>(D)</span> 512<spanclass=′latex−bold′>(E)</span> 35<span class='latex-bold'>(A)</span>\ \frac{1}{3}\qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(B)</span>\ \frac{3}{8}\qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(C)</span>\ \frac{2}{5}\qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(D)</span>\ \frac{5}{12}\qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(E)</span>\ \frac{3}{5}
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