SOLUTION: at an alligator farm 3/8 of the alligators are female if there are 15 male how many total alligators are there. And how many more males are there than females?

Question 940930: at an alligator farm 3/8 of the alligators are female if there are 15 male how many total alligators are there. And how many more males are there than females?

Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

let the number of alligators be
if of the alligators are female if there are male, then
.....solve for

=> total number of alligators there
=> total number of female alligators
=> there are more males than females

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