Of the 14,210 employees of the anvil factory, 2/7 are journeymen. If half of the journeymen were laid off, what percentage of the total remaining employees would be journeymen? Pick.
A) 14.3% B) 16.67% C) 33% D) 28.6% E) 49.67%
the number of employees is not reqd...   1/2 of 2/7 are shunted out so 1/7 left... there are another 5 equal parts(5/7)..   so total remaining parts=6, in which 1 part is journeyman....   therefore %=1/6*100=16.67%   ANSWER:16.67%
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Of the 14,210 employees of the anvil factory, 2/7 are journeymen. If half of the journeymen were laid off, what percentage of the total remaining employees would be journeymen?