SOLUTION: The Northport High School French Club has twice as many female members as male members. One day, the percentage of female members attending a meeting of the club was twice the perc

Question 883429: The Northport High School French Club has twice as many female members as male members. One day, the percentage of female members attending a meeting of the club was twice the percentange of male members. What percent of those attending were males?
I know the answer is (20%) But how do you get that?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In terms of percentage,

But you know that,

Substituting,

Then

The percentage of males attending the meeting was 33%.

RELATED QUESTIONS
There are nine female board members and twenty-one male board members. How many ways... (answered by ikleyn)

4/15 of the 315 members of a book club are male. How many female members are there in the (answered by Jk22)

4/15 of the 315 members of a book club are male. How many female members are there in the (answered by stanbon)

4/15 of the 315 members of a book club are male. How many female members are there in the (answered by Menjax)

A fitness center has a total of 926 members. The number of male members is 91 less than... (answered by scott8148)

In a church choir the ratio of males to females is 2:3. On one Sunday service ten male... (answered by Theo,Edwin McCravy)

There are 6 males for every female member at a boxing club. If the club has 84 members in (answered by Fombitz)

A club has 12 female members and 10 male members. For an outdoor activity, in how many... (answered by oscargut)