document.write( "Question 1031826: Suppose a certain religious university has a ratio of approximately 80 males to 120 females enrolled as students. If the current enrollment at the university is 17,000 and every male on campus asks a female student to a dance, how many women will be without dates to the dance?
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1.\"M%2BF=17000\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"M%2FF=80%2F120=2%2F3\"
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\n" ); document.write( "From 1,
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\n" ); document.write( "\"M=6800\"
\n" ); document.write( "So if each male asks a female the total going to the dance is,
\n" ); document.write( "\"6800%2B6800=14600\"
\n" ); document.write( "Leaving,
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\n" ); document.write( "3400 females without a dance date.
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