SOLUTION: The ratio of male students to female students at a certain university is 7 to 15. If there is a total of 16,500 students, find the number of male students and the number of female
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Question 792398: The ratio of male students to female students at a certain university is 7 to 15. If there is a total of 16,500 students, find the number of male students and the number of female students.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The ratio of male students to female students at a certain university is 7 to 15. If there is a total of 16,500 students, find the number of male students and the number of female students.
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7 to 15 is the same as 7x to 15x where 15x is the number of femaile students.
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Equation:
7x + 15x = 16500
22x = 16500
x = 750
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# of female = 15x = 15*750 = 11250
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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