SOLUTION: It is a word problem. I really don't want the answer, I just want to know the steps in which to solve it. Thank you 1/3 of candidates who applied for a job were 25yrs or younger.

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Question 1059833: It is a word problem. I really don't want the answer, I just want to know the steps in which to solve it. Thank you
1/3 of candidates who applied for a job were 25yrs or younger. 2/7 of the candidates were 50yrs old. If 84 people applied for the job , how many were between 25 and 50?
Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, Edwin McCravy:
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = people between 25 and 50

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Note that for this to work, the wording must be:
" 2/7 of the candidates were 50 yrs old OR OLDER "
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You meant 50 or older, right?

 <-- fraction not between 25 and 50

 <-- fraction between 25 and 50

 <-- the number between 25 and 50.

Edwin
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