document.write( "Question 483636: The number of men attending Western Tech is 200 less than twice the number of women. The number of students at the school is 280. How man men attend? How many woman attend?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "x= the # of men\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "2X-200=280
\n" ); document.write( "The answer I get is 240 but that is not what they were looking for... Can you help??
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The number of men attending Western Tech is 200 less than twice the number of women. The number of students at the school is 280. How man men attend? How many woman attend?
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\n" ); document.write( "Let w = number of women
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\n" ); document.write( "2w-200 = number of men
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\n" ); document.write( "w + 2w-200 = 280
\n" ); document.write( "3w-200 = 280
\n" ); document.write( "3w = 480
\n" ); document.write( "w = 160 (women)
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\n" ); document.write( "Men:
\n" ); document.write( "2w-200 = 2(160)-200 = 320-200 = 120 (men) \n" ); document.write( "

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