Of the 3,600 employees of Company X, 1/3 are clerical. If the clerical staff were to be reduced by 1/6, what percent of the total number of the remaining employees would then be clerical? Select the correct option
A) 25 %
B) 22.2 %
C) 20 %
D) 29.4 %
E) 11.1 %

Rationale: "welcome , just post the question and the choices let ' s see , the way i did it was 1 / 3 are clerical out of 3600 so 1200 are clerical 1200 reduced by 1 / 6 is 1200 * 1 / 6 so it reduced 200 people , so there is 1000 clerical people left but since 200 people left , it also reduced from the total of 3600 so there are 3400 people total since 1000 clerical left / 3400 people total you get ( a ) 29.4 % answer : d"
Answer: D