document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1167081>Question 1167081</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> At a certain college, there are 5men to every 6women.If the are 150 more women than men,find the:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(1). number of women;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2). total enrolment. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "It is given that the ratio of men to women is 5:6.  So let the number of men be 5x and the number of women be 6x.  It is one standard way to start working on a problem where a ratio is given.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The number of women is 150 more than the number of men:<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x = 5x+150<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "It's easy to solve that for x; then use that value to find the number of women (6x) and the total enrollment (6x+5x=11x).<br><BR>\n" );
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