Say a 100 families existed in 1994 then the number of families owning a computer in 1994 - 40
Number of families owning computer in 1998 = 40 * 130/100 = 52
Number of families in 1998 = 104
The percentage = 52/104 * 100 = 50%.
Of the families in City X in 1994, 40 percent owned a personal computer. The number of families in City X owning a computer in 1998 was 30 percent greater than it was in 1994, and the total number of families in City X was 4 percent greater in 1998 than it was in 1994. what percent of the families in City X owned a personal computer in 1998?
Options:
[a] 50%
[b] 52%
[c] 56%
[d] 70%
[e] 74%