Of the 3,600 employees of Company X, 1/3 are clerical. If the clerical staff were to be reduced by 1/2, what percent of the total number of the remaining employees would then be clerical?	Choose the correct choice:  A) 25 %  B) 22.2 %  C) 20 %  D) 12.5 %  E) 11.1 %

Rationale: "let ' s see , the way i did it was 1 / 3 are clerical out of 3600 so 1200 are clerical 1200 reduced by 1 / 2 is 1200 * 1 / 2 so it reduced 600 people , so there is 600 clerical people left but since 600 people left , it also reduced from the total of 3600 so there are 3000 people total since 600 clerical left / 3000 people total you get ( c ) 20 %"
Answer: C