SOLUTION: Suppose a certain religious university has a ratio of approximately 80 males to 120 females enrolled as students. If the current enrollment at the university is 17,000 and every m

Question 1031826: Suppose a certain religious university has a ratio of approximately 80 males to 120 females enrolled as students. If the current enrollment at the university is 17,000 and every male on campus asks a female student to a dance, how many women will be without dates to the dance?

Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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From 1,

Substituting from 2,

So if each male asks a female the total going to the dance is,

Leaving,

3400 females without a dance date.

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