Question

In a recent year, 31.6% of all registered doctors were female. If there were 53,000 female registered doctors that year, what was the total number of registered doctors?

Answer 1

Answer:

The total number of registered doctors was 167,722.

Step-by-step explanation:

Total number of doctors:

The total number of doctors is given by x.

31.6% of all registered doctors were female. 53,000 female doctors.

This means that:

$0.316x = 53000$

What was the total number of registered doctors?

We have to solve the above equation for x. So

$x = \frac{53000}{0.316}$

$x = 167722$

The total number of registered doctors was 167,722.