Description : Is the following statement true: "3 out of 4 people make out 75% of the population."?
Last Answer : It's mathematically correct, but I think the more commonly used US phrasing would be, ...make up 75%.... . If all prepositional uses were subtracted, the statement would be ¾=75%. There's ... which might give some the impression that 3 out of 4 people are passionately kissing 75% of the population.