SOLUTION: The ratio of men to women in elementary education courses is 2 to 7. If there are 270 students in an elementary education course, how many are women? What percent of the elementary
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Question 747429: The ratio of men to women in elementary education courses is 2 to 7. If there are 270 students in an elementary education course, how many are women? What percent of the elementary education students are men?
Found 2 solutions by FrankM, lenny460:
Answer by FrankM(1040) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The ratio simply means that 2 of every nine are men. So 7 of 9 are women.
7/9 * 270 = 210 women.
2/9 = .22... (2 repeats)
Answer by lenny460(1073) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The ratio of men to women in elementary education courses is 2 to 7. If there are 270 students in an elementary education course, how many are women ? What percent of the elementary education students are men ?
7/9 * 270 = 7 * 30 = 210
Answer:
There are 210 women.
Percentage of men:
There are 60 men.
Therefore:
60/270 * 100 = 20/9 * 10 = 200/9 = 22.2%
Answer:
22.2%
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