Of the 3,600 employees of Company X, 1/3 are clerical. If the clerical staff were to be reduced by 1/2, what percent of the total number of the remaining employees would then be clerical?
Choices:
A) 25%
B) 22.2%
C) 20%
D) 12.5%
E) 11.1%
Let's see, the way I did it was   1/3 are clerical out of 3600 so 1200 are clerical   1200 reduced by 1/2 is 1200*1/2   so it reduced 600 people , so there is 600 clerical people left   but since 600 people left, it also reduced from the total of 3600 so there are 3000 people total   since 600 clerical left / 3000 people total   you get (20%) 20%
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Of the 3,600 employees of Company X, 1/3 are clerical. If the clerical staff were to be reduced by 1/2, what percent of the total number of the remaining employees would then be clerical?