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Question 1108975: At a baseball game there were twice as many women as men. There were 3 times as many children as adults. There were 3600 people at the baseball game. How many children were at the game? Found 2 solutions by stanbon, greenestamps:Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! At a baseball game there were twice as many women as men. There were 3 times as many children as adults. There were 3600 people at the baseball game. How many children were at the game?
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Equations::
w = 2m
c = 3(w+m) = 3(2m)+3m = 9m
m + w + c = 3600
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Substute and solve for "m"::
m + 2m + 9m = 3600
12m = 3600
m = 300 (# of men)
w = 2m = 600 (# of women)
c = 9m = 2700 (# of children)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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