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Question 876912: Can someone help me with this word problem I'm not that good with word problem At a run festival (5/8)of the runners are women. If there are 880 runners. How many are women? I'm getting the wrong answer?
Answer by rothauserc(4718) About Me  (Show Source):
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We have 880 runners, therefore to find out how many are women we multiply 880 by 5/8
880 * (5/8) = 550 women runners