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If ratio of men to women in a city of 54,000 people is 3:1, how many women are there in the city

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Ilya [14]3 years ago

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<u>ANSWER</u>

135,000 women are in this city

<u>EXPLANATION</u>

The given ratio of men to women is 3:1

The total ratio is 3+1=4.

The total number of men and women in this city is 54,000.

The number of women in this city is given by

$\frac{ratio \: of \: women}{total \: ratio} \times total \: population$

$\frac{1}{4} \times 54000$

$= 13500$

Therefore the total number of women in this city is 135,000

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