Please can someone help me please

Mathematics

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Tomtit [17]3 years ago

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You can use variables to solve this problem. Lets say that m is men, w is women, and c is children. m+w+c=266
four times as many men as children in ‘math words’ would be 4c=m
twice as many women as children would be 2c=w
what we can do now is plug those in to make everything easier with one variable
4c+2c+c=266
7c=266
c=38 now we have how many children, and we need to plug it back into what we have for women and men.
4c=m 4(38)=m m=152
2c=w 2(38)=w w=76

152 men, 76 women, and 38 children

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