only 40% of people between the ages of 18 and 24 read the newspaper. what % of people reads the newspaper?
From your limited data, 40% (?).
To find the percentage of people who read the newspaper, we need more information. The given information states that only 40% of people between the ages of 18 and 24 read the newspaper.
If we assume that this statistic applies only to the age group of 18-24, we cannot simply calculate the overall percentage of people who read the newspaper without knowing the percentage of people in the other age groups who read it.
To determine the overall percentage, you would need to know the breakdown of the population by age groups and the respective percentages of each group that read the newspaper. Once you have that information, you can calculate the overall percentage by combining the percentages from each age group.
Without additional information, it is not possible to determine the overall percentage of people who read the newspaper.