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Question 983835: The ratio of children to adults in a barrio is 4:7. How many adults are there if there are 300 children
Answer by Timnewman(323) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hi,
let x be the number of adult.
since the ratio of children to adult is 4:7 and the number of children is 300,
Expressing the above as fraction,
That is
Then,
4x=2100
divide bothside by 4
x=525
The number of adult is 525
HOPPE THIS HELPS;
-----TIMNEWMAN-----
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