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In a group of 40 people the ration of men to women is 3:1. How man
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In a group of 40 people the ration of men to women is 3:1. How many women must join the group so that the ratio of men to women becomes 5:4?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Ratio 3 to 1 is total parts 4. Cut 40 into four parts, and each part is 10.
At start, the fraction as men is .
The desired amount or fraction as men is .
This becomes a two-part mixture problem. Adding women will not change the quantity of men; it will only make their concentration smaller.
Let w be how many women to add.
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