document.write( "Question 205419: The women in a club outnumber the men by 16. 7 times the number of women exceeds 9 times the number of men by 32. Find the number of men. \n" ); document.write( "
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The women in a club outnumber the men by 16.
\n" ); document.write( " 7 times the number of women exceeds 9 times the number of men by 32.
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\n" ); document.write( "\"The women in a club outnumber the men by 16.\"
\n" ); document.write( "w = m + 16
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\n" ); document.write( "\" 7 times the number of women exceeds 9 times the number of men by 32.\"
\n" ); document.write( "7w = 9m + 32
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\n" ); document.write( " Find the number of men.
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\n" ); document.write( "replace w with (m+16)
\n" ); document.write( "7(m+16) = 9m + 32
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\n" ); document.write( "7m + 112 = 9m + 32
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\n" ); document.write( "112 - 32 = 9m - 7m
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\n" ); document.write( "80 = 2m
\n" ); document.write( "m = \"80%2F2\"
\n" ); document.write( "m = 40 men
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\n" ); document.write( "Check solution; (w = 40 + 16)
\n" ); document.write( "\"7 times the number of women exceeds 9 times the number of men by 32\"
\n" ); document.write( "7(56) = 9(40) + 32
\n" ); document.write( "392 = 360 + 32 \n" ); document.write( "
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