In a certain school, 2/3 of the male students like to play basketball, but only 1/5 of the female students like to play basketball. What percent of the population of the school do not like to play basketball if the ratio of the male to female students is 3:2 and there are 1000 students?
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The students are divided into 3 + 2 = 5 parts where 3 parts are for males and 2 parts are for females. Each part represents 1000 / 5 = 200 students. So, there are 3 x 200 = 600 males. And there are 2 x 200 = 400 females. Hence, 600 x 2 / 3 = 400 males play basketball. And 400 x 1 / 5 = 80 females play basketball. A total of 400 + 80 = 480 students play basketball. Therefore, 1000 - 480 = 520 do not like to play basketball. The percentage of the school that do not like to play basketball is 520 / 1000 * 100 = 52.
Thus, the answer is 52.
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