SOLUTION: Suppose that in a certain precinct, 1650 people voted in the last presidential election. If the ratio of female voters to male voters was 3 to 2, how many females and how many male

Question 883289: Suppose that in a certain precinct, 1650 people voted in the last presidential election. If the ratio of female voters to male voters was 3 to 2, how many females and how many males voted?
Found 2 solutions by rfer, stanbon:
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
3x+2x=1650
5x=1650
x=1650/5
x=330
3x=990 women
2x=660 men
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Suppose that in a certain precinct, 1650 people voted in the last presidential election. If the ratio of female voters to male voters was 3 to 2, how many females and how many males voted?
--------
3 to 2 is the same as 3x to 2x where 3x is # of female and 2x is # of male.
------
Equation:
3x + 2x = 1650
5x = 1650
x = 330
----
# of female = 3x = 990
# of male = 2x = 660
------------------------
Cheers,
Stan H.
--------------
RELATED QUESTIONS
Suppose that in a certain precinct, 1150 people voted in the last presidential election. (answered by Dickiedannie)
In a survey of 1000 eligible voters selected at random, it was found that 200 had a... (answered by stanbon)
In a survey of 1000 eligible voters selected at random, it was found that 100 had a... (answered by stanbon)
In a survey of 1000 eligible voters selected at random, it was found that 200 had a... (answered by Boreal)
In the last presidential election 39% of the registerd voters in a certain city actually... (answered by edjones)
In an election for sheriff 210 people voted. If there were 1260 possible voters, write a... (answered by edjones)
34% of the voters in one county voted Democratic in the last election. If 6,834 people... (answered by checkley77)
Question 6.59 from the book Statistics for Management and Economics, page 176 Refer to (answered by ikleyn)
A recent study suggests that 70% of all elegible voters will vote in the next... (answered by jjthomson83)