SOLUTION: There were 28000 people at a football game. 9/14 of the people were adult men, 1/7 were adult women, and the rest were children. If 3/4 of the children were boys, how many girls (c

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Question 1065923: There were 28000 people at a football game. 9/14 of the people were adult men, 1/7 were adult women, and the rest were children. If 3/4 of the children were boys, how many girls (children) were there?
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There were 28000 people at a football game.
9/14 of the people were adult men, 1/7 were adult women, and the rest were children.
If 3/4 of the children were boys, how many girls (children) were there?
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Find the number of children
c = 28000 - 9%2F14(28000) - 1%2F7(28000)
c = 28000 - 18000 - 4000
c = 6000 children
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If 3/4 were boys, then 1/4 were girls
1%2F4 * 6000 = 1500 girls