SOLUTION: At a gig 0.4 of the audience were female. If there were 100 more male audience members than female, how many were there in the audience?

Question 1050602: At a gig 0.4 of the audience were female. If there were 100 more male audience members than female, how many were there in the audience?
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Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number of males
Let = number of females
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(1)
(2)
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(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
and
(2)
(2)

There are 500 in the audience
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check:
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
OK
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