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Problem 325

Algebra Difficulty 2.0 Find the answer CEMC Cayley · Canada · 2007

At Springfield University, there are $10\,000$ students, and there are as many male students as female students. Each student is enrolled either in the Arts program or Science program (but not in both); $60\%$ of the students are in the Arts program. Also, $40\%$ of the Science students are male. To the nearest percent, what percentage of the Arts students are female?

(A) $50\%$ (B) $52\%$ (C) $26\%$ (D) $65\%$ (E) $43\%$

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