social statistic

Read each of the following problems carefully before constructing the fraction and solving for the answer.

At St. Algebra College, the numbers of males and females in the various major fields of study are as follows:

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Major Males Females

Humanities 117 83

Social sciences 97 132

Natural sciences 72 20

Business 156 139

Nursing 3 35

Education 30 15

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a) What percentages of social science majors are male?

b) What proportions of business majors are female?

c) For the humanities, what is the ratio of males to females

d) What percentage of the total student body are males?

e) What is the ratio of males to females for the entire sample?

f) What proportions of the nursing majors are male?

g) What percentage of the sample are social science majors?

h) What is the ratio of humanities majors to business major?

i) What is the ratio of female business major to female nursing majors?

j) What proportion of the males are educational major?