SOLUTION: a Tennis club has 48 members. if there are 22 fewer men than women, how many women are there?

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Question 964368: a Tennis club has 48 members. if there are 22 fewer men than women, how many women are there?

Answer by amarjeeth123(569)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the number of women be x.
Then the number of men is (x-22).
Total number of people=48
x+x-22=48
2x=48+22
2x=70
x=35
The number of women is 35.
The number of men is 13.

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