Question

At a picnic there were 3 times as many adults as children and twice as many women as men. If there was a total of x men, women, and children at the picnic, how many men were there, in terms of x ?

Answer 1

Answer:

Number of men in terms of x =  $\frac{x}{4}$

Explanation:

Let number of children be y

then number of adults = 3y

let number of men be z

number of women = 2z

adults = men + women

adults = z+2z

total number of adults= 3z

number of adults = 3 times number of children = 3y

3z = 3y

z =y

Total  were = men + women + children  = x

                        z+   2z +    z = x

                            4z=x

            z =   $\frac{x}{4}$

number of men in terms of x =  $\frac{x}{4}$