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In an exhibition hall, the ratio of the number of females to the number of males was 5:6. The ratio of the number of girls to the number of women was 2:3. The ratio of the number of boys to the number of men was 3:4. If there were 60 more men than women, how many people were there altogether?

 Oct 9, 2015

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In an exhibition hall, the ratio of the number of females to the number of males was 5:6. The ratio of the number of girls to the number of women was 2:3. The ratio of the number of boys to the number of men was 3:4. If there were 60 more men than women, how many people were there altogether?

 

f = female, m = male, G = girls, W = women, B = Boy, M = men

 

fm=56G+WB+M=56GW=23W=32GBM=34B=34MB=34(60+W)=34(60+32G)=45+98GM=60+WM=60+32G

 

G+W=G+32G=52GB+M=45+98G+60+32G=105+218GG+WB+M=5652G105+218G=5615G=5(105+218G)15G=525+13.125G1.875G=525G=5251.875G=280

 

W=32G=32280W=420

M = 60 + W

M = 60 + 420

M = 480

 

B=34MB=34480B=360

 

280 + 420 + 480 + 360 = 1540 people were there altogether

 

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 Oct 9, 2015
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Best Answer

In an exhibition hall, the ratio of the number of females to the number of males was 5:6. The ratio of the number of girls to the number of women was 2:3. The ratio of the number of boys to the number of men was 3:4. If there were 60 more men than women, how many people were there altogether?

 

f = female, m = male, G = girls, W = women, B = Boy, M = men

 

fm=56G+WB+M=56GW=23W=32GBM=34B=34MB=34(60+W)=34(60+32G)=45+98GM=60+WM=60+32G

 

G+W=G+32G=52GB+M=45+98G+60+32G=105+218GG+WB+M=5652G105+218G=5615G=5(105+218G)15G=525+13.125G1.875G=525G=5251.875G=280

 

W=32G=32280W=420

M = 60 + W

M = 60 + 420

M = 480

 

B=34MB=34480B=360

 

280 + 420 + 480 + 360 = 1540 people were there altogether

 

laugh

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