Question

The projected number of employed writers and authors in 2016 is 153,000. 12.4% of those will have some college experience but no degree, and 84.1% will have a bachelor’s degree or higher. If this holds true, how many more writers and authors with bachelor’s degree will there be than those with only some college experience and no degree?

Answer 1

“How many more” is a good indicator we need to find the difference through subtraction

We can subtract (84.1% - 12.4%) to find the difference between the two groups as a percentage, divide by 100 to convert to a decimal, then multiply by the group size (153,000) to determine the difference in terms of # of people