Question

At a company fish fry, ½ in attendance are employees. Employees’ spouses are 1/3 of the attendance. What is the percentage of the people in attendance who are not employees or employee spouses?

Answer 1

If half in attendance are employees, 100% is the whole gang, so 50% are employees. 1/3 translates to 33% so 100% - 33% - 50% = 17% who are neither employees or spouses of employees.