Question

A Facebook ad targets an audience of 700,000. Narrowing the audience to women reduces the audience by 45%. What is the resulting audience?

Answer 1

700,000 * 45%
700,000 * .45 = 315,000
Total audience 315,000

Answer 2

Answer:

The resulting audience is 385,000 people.

Step-by-step explanation:

The first step is to realize  that if the audience is reduced by 45%, what remains is 100%-45% = 55% of the audience.

The next step is to calculate what 55% of 700, 000 is. This is calculated as shown below,

$55\%\times 700\,000\\\\\frac{55}{100} \times 7\,00\,000=55\times7000=385\,000.$

The correct answer is 385,000