document.write( "Question 389868: The ratio of men to women in a class is 5 to 4. There are 270 people in the class. How many are women? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "270 people in the class     
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document.write( "Let x and (270-x) represent the number of men and women respectively
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document.write( "men/women = 5/4 = x/(270-x)
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document.write( " Cross mulitply to solve for x
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document.write( " 5(270-x) = 4x
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document.write( " 5*570 - 5x = 4x
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document.write( "      5*570 = 9x
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document.write( "        150 = x, the number of men. 120 women in the class.    (270-150)\r
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document.write( "CHECKING our Answer
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document.write( "  150/120 = 5/4 \n" );
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