Question

The population of a town is 450772. In a survey, it was reported that one out of every 14 persons is illiterate. In all how many illiterate persons are there in the town?

Answer 1

Given, total population of town = 450772

One out of every 14 persons, is illiterate.

Now, total illiterate persons = `"Total population of town"/14`

= `450772/14`

= 32198

Hence, the number of illiterate persons in the town is 32198.