Of the 3,600 employees of Company X, 12/25 are clerical. If the clerical staff were to be reduced by 1/4, what percent of the total number of the remaining employees would then be clerical? Select the correct option.
A) 40%	B) 22.2%	C) 20%	D) 12.5%	E) 11.1%
Let's see, the way I did it was   12/25 are clerical out of 3600 so 1728 are clerical   1728 reduced by 1/4 is 1728*1/4   so it reduced 432 people , so there is 1296 clerical people left   but since 432 people left, it also reduced from the total of 3600 so there are 3168 people total   since 1296 clerical left / 3168 people total   you get (40%) 40%
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Of the 3,600 employees of Company X, 12/25 are clerical. If the clerical staff were to be reduced by 1/4, what percent of the total number of the remaining employees would then be clerical?