SOLUTION: A ship has a ratio of 4 officers for every 9 seamen. The crew of the ship totals 182 people. How many officers and how many seamen are on this​ ship
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Question 1120268: A ship has a ratio of 4 officers for every 9 seamen. The crew of the ship totals 182 people. How many officers and how many seamen are on this ship
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
4:9 ratio
4x+9x+182, where x is the number of multiples of this ratio.
13x=182
x=14
4x=56 officers
9x=126 seamen
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