In a small village of 500 people, 350 speak the local language while 200 speak pidgin English. What percentage of the population speak both.

In a small village of 500 people, 350 speak the local language while 200 speak pidgin English. What percentage of the population speak both.

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To find the percentage of the population that speaks both the local language and pidgin English, we need to use the formula: Percentage = (Number of people who speak both / Total population) x 100% We are given that there are 500 people in the village, 350 speak the local language, and 200 speak pidgin English. However, we do not know the number of people who speak both. To find the number of people who speak both, we can add the number of people who speak the local language and the number of people who speak pidgin English and subtract it from the total population. Number of people who speak both = Total population - (Number of people who speak local language + Number of people who speak pidgin English) Number of people who speak both = 500 - (350 + 200) Number of people who speak both = 50 So, 50 people speak both languages. Now we can substitute this value in the formula to find the percentage. Percentage = (Number of people who speak both / Total population) x 100% Percentage = (50 / 500) x 100% Percentage = 0.1 x 100% Percentage = 10% Therefore, the percentage of the population that speaks both the local language and pidgin English is 10%. Answer is correct.