SOLUTION: The ratio of males to females at a certain university is 5 to 9.If there are 19530 males at the university,how many females are there?

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Question 1146846: The ratio of males to females at a certain university is 5 to 9.If there are 19530 males at the university,how many females are there?
Answer by ikleyn(52776) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let the number of female is x.


Then you have this proportion


    5%2F9 = 19530%2Fx.


From the proportion,  find  x = %289%2A19530%29%2F5 = 35154.    ANSWER

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