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Jolie Rouge
02-26-2003, 09:45 PM
There is a certain club which is for men only. There are 600 men who belong to this club and 5% of these men wear one earring. Of the other 95% membership, half wear two earrings and the other half wear none. How many earrings are being worn in this club?

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Jolie Rouge
02-26-2003, 10:04 PM
PUZZLE ANSWER: Six hundred. We know that 5%, or 30 of the men are wearing one earring. Of the other 95%, or 570, we know that half are wearing two earrings and the other half none.
This is the same as if they all wore one.