20 percent of the women in a college class are science majors , and the non - science majors make up 60 % of the class . what percentage of the men are science majors if 40 % of the class are men ?  Choose the most appropriate option:
A) 40 %
B) 50 %
C) 60 %
D) 70 %
E) 80 %

Rationale: science majors make up 0.4 of the class . 60 % of the class are women and 0.2 * 0.6 = 0.12 of the class are female science majors . then 0.28 of the class are male science majors . 0.4 x = 0.28 x = 0.7 = 70 % the answer is d .
Answer: D