A certain country is divided into 8 provinces. Each province consists entirely of Progressives and Traditionalists. If each province contains the same number of Traditionalists and the number of Traditionalists in any given province is 1/12 the total number of Progressives in the entire country, what fraction of the country is Traditionalist? Pick one.
A) 1/5	B) 1/3	C) 1/2	D) 2/3	E) 3/5
Let P be the number of Progressives in the country as a whole.   In each province, the number of traditionalists is P/12   The total number of traditionalists is 8P/12 = 2P/3.   The total population is P + 2P/3 = 5P/3   P / (5P/3) = 3/5   The answer is 3/5.
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A certain country is divided into 8 provinces. Each province consists entirely of Progressives and Traditionalists. If each province contains the same number of Traditionalists and the number of Traditionalists in any given province is 1/12 the total number of Progressives in the entire country, what fraction of the country is Traditionalist?