document.write( "Question 939653: there are 400 people, 1/10 are female and 1/8 are male. the rest are children, how many children are they? \n" ); document.write( "
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First find the number of females there are by doing: 400 * 0.1 = 40 . There are 40 females
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\n" ); document.write( "Next do: 400 * 1/8 = 50. There are 50 males
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\n" ); document.write( "400-50-40 = 310 . There are 310 children.
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