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Question 621413: There are 100 people in a group . There are 100 chocolates also. Each man gets 5 chocolates and each women gets 3 chocolates and each child gets only half a chocolate . How many men , women and children are there in that group. Answer by Emsley(35) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let number of men =x,women =y and children=z
Then 5x+3y+1/2z=100 and x+y+z=100
By a mixture of trial and error and algebra I get x=5,y=11 and z=84
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