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# The ratio of the number of manufacturing industry workers wh

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The ratio of the number of manufacturing industry workers who were unemployed for 5 to 10 weeks to the number of service industry workers who were unemployed for 5 to 10 weeks is closest to which of the following?

A. 5 to 4

B. 6 to 5

C. 3 to 2

D. 5 to 2

E. 7 to 6

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Kudos [?]: 3182 [0], given: 11688

Re: The ratio of the number of manufacturing industry workers wh [#permalink]  24 Jan 2016, 14:31
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The number of manufacturing industry workers who were unemployed for 5 to 10 weeks is 20% of 10 million, or 2 million; and the number of service industry workers who were unemployed for 5 to 10 weeks is
16% of 8 million, or 1.28 million. Thus, the ratio of the two numbers is $$\frac{2}{1.28.}=1.5$$ circa

Looking at the answer choices only C with its fraction $$\frac{3}{2}=1.5$$ is closer.

The answer is $$C$$
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