SOLUTION: The ratio of male students to female students at a certain university is 5 to 7. If there is a total of 16,200 students, find the number of male students and female students.

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Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
5+7=12 is the number of elements.
16,200/12=1350 value of each element.
5+1350=6,750 males.
7*1,350=9,450 females.
Proofs:
6,750+9,450=16,200
5/7=6,750/9,450
5*9,450=7*6,750
47,250=47,250
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