exactly 15 % of the reporters for a certain wire service cover local politics in country x. if 25 % of the reporters who cover politics for the wire service do not cover local politics in country x, what percent of the reporters for the wire service do not cover politics?
Pick
A) 20 %
B) 42 %
C) 44 %
D) 80 %
E) 84 %
<gadget id="calculator">100 - 25</gadget>
<output>75</output>

<gadget id="calculator">15 / 75</gadget>
<output>1/5 = around 0.2</output>

<gadget id="calculator">1 - (1/5)</gadget>
<output>4/5 = around 0.8</output>

<gadget id="calculator">(4/5) * 100</gadget>
<output>80</output>

<result>D</result>
exactly 15 % of the reporters for a certain wire service cover local politics in country x. if 25 % of the reporters who cover politics for the wire service do not cover local politics in country x, what percent of the reporters for the wire service do not cover politics?
multiply(subtract(const_1, divide(15, subtract(const_100, 25))), const_100)
"let ' s assume there are 100 reporters - - > 15 reporters cover local politics . now , as 25 % of the reporters who cover all politics do not cover local politics then the rest 75 % of the reporters who cover politics do cover local politics , so if there are x reporters who cover politics then 75 % of them equal to 15 ( # of reporters who cover local politics ) : 0.75 x = 15 - - > x = 20 , hence 20 reporters cover politics and the rest 100 - 20 = 80 reporters do not cover politics at all . answer : d ."