SOLUTION: Of the 90 people in a room 2/3 are men and 3/5 of the people have brown hair. What is the least number of men in the room who could have brown hair.

SOLUTION: Of the 90 people in a room 2/3 are men and 3/5 of the people have brown hair. What is the least number of men in the room who could have brown hair.

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Question 339968: Of the 90 people in a room 2/3 are men and 3/5 of the people have brown hair. What is the least number of men in the room who could have brown hair.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Of the 90 people in a room 2/3 are men.
That means are men
and are women
of the people have brown hair
If all of the women have brown hair, then
is the smallest number of men that can have brown hair.
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