SOLUTION: Tshs.2681000 is divided as payment to 4 men and 3 women.if each man receives twice as much as each woman, find the total amount of money required to be paid to 3 men and 7 women at

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Question 1148554: Tshs.2681000 is divided as payment to 4 men and 3 women.if each man receives twice as much as each woman, find the total amount of money required to be paid to 3 men and 7 women at the same rate as above
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Answer by ikleyn(52776) About Me  (Show Source):
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Tshs.2681000 is divided as payment to 4 men and 3 women.if each man receives twice as much as each woman,
find the total amount of money required to be paid to 3 men and 7 women at the same rate as above.
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Answer by greenestamps(13198) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let x be the amount each woman gets; then 2x is the amount each man gets. Then the total amount is

4%282x%29%2B3%28x%29+=+8x%2B3x+=+11x

So presumably the given amount should be a multiple of 11; but it is not. So, as the other tutor said, the given information is PROBABLY not correct.