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document.write( "At an exhibition 320 are Chinese. 5/7 of the remainder are Malay and the rest are Indian. The Malay form 1/3 of the total number of visitors. Half of the Indian and three quarters of the Malay are female. The ratio of the number of female visitors to male visitors is 5 to 3. How many Chinese male visitors are there.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #818807 by greenestamps(13200)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \n" ); document.write( "You don't get any benefit from this by having us work the problem for you. \n" ); document.write( "So I will show you a step-by-step method for finding the answer and let you do the work. \n" ); document.write( "GIVEN: \n" ); document.write( "(1) # of Chinese = 320 \n" ); document.write( "(2a) 5/7 of the non-Chinese are Malay \n" ); document.write( "(2b) 2/7 of the non-Chinese are Indian \n" ); document.write( "(3) the Malay are 1/3 of the total \n" ); document.write( "(4a) half of the Indian are female \n" ); document.write( "(4b) 3/4 of the Malay are female \n" ); document.write( "(5) the ratio of female to male is 5:3 \n" ); document.write( "There are dozens of ways to set up this problem. After digesting the given information, here is the way I worked the problem. \n" ); document.write( "(6) From (2a) and (2b), let 5x be the number of Malay and 2x be the number of Indian \n" ); document.write( "(7) From (6) and (3), find an expression for the total number \n" ); document.write( "(8) From (6) and (7), find an expression for the number of Chinese \n" ); document.write( "(9) From (8) and (1), determine the value of x \n" ); document.write( "(10) From 6, 8, and 9, determine the number of Malay and Indian, and the total number \n" ); document.write( "(11) From (4a), (4b), and (10), determine the numbers of male and female Malay and Indian \n" ); document.write( "(12) From (5) and (10), determine the total number of male and female \n" ); document.write( "(13) From (11) and (12), determine the number of Chinese male \n" ); document.write( "done.... \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |