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How many earrings are there in total?

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Five hundred women live in a remote village in India. Six percent of them wear one earring. Of the other ninety four percent, half are wearing two earrings, half are wearing none.
How many earrings are there in total?

posted Jul 19, 2017 by Shyam Chakraborty

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500*6%*1+500*47%*2=30+470 = 500 earrings

answer Jul 11, 2018 by Hanifa Mammadov



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