document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=736376>Question 736376</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the ratio of males to females is 9:5 , if there are 12.600 student , how many males are there? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #449817 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Simnepi><B>Simnepi(216)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Simnepi><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Simnepi><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=449817\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> since the ratio is 9:5 this means that 9 'parts' of the students are males, and 5'parts' of the students are female.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Adding these together gives a total of 14 'parts'.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "now to find the size of one 'part'.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12,600 students divided by 14 = 900 students in one 'part'<BR>\n" );
document.write( "this means that.. there are 9 times 900 males and 5 times 900 females<BR>\n" );
document.write( "this gives us<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8100 male students and 4500 female students </SPAN>\n" );
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