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ArbitrLikvidat [17]
3 years ago
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3/7 of the people living in the apartment building are men. 5/8 of the remaining are women. The rest are children. A total of 27

5 men and women live in the building. How many people live the the building altogether?
Mathematics
1 answer:
Vladimir [108]3 years ago
7 0
People in building ---- x (men, women and children)
children --- y
men + women + children = x
(3/7)x + (5/8)(4/7)x + y = x
3x/7 + 5x/14 + y = x
times 14
6x + 5x + 14y = 14x
14y = 3x

y + 220 =x
sub into the other one
14y = 3(y+220)
11y = 660
y = 60
then 14(60) = 3x ---> x = 280

So we have 280 people in the building.

check: 3/7 of 280 are men = 120
leaving 160 women and children
5/8 of these ot 100 are women

so we have 120 men, 100 women and 60 children!

hope this is right! have a great. day
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