SOLUTION: The number of men is 850 more than that of women on a beach if there 1,460 men how many people are there on a beach?

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Question 898173: The number of men is 850 more than that of women on a beach if there 1,460 men how many people are there on a beach?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054) About Me  (Show Source):
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The number of men is 850 MORE THAN that of women on a beach.
Let's re-write this "MORE THAN" sentence as a "LESS THAN" sentence:

The number of women is 850 LESS THAN that of men on a beach.

...there are 1,460 men
Now we see that to find the number of women, we subtract 850 

1460  <--number of men
-850  <--subtract 850
----
 610  <--number of women

how many people are there on a beach?
1460  <--number of men
+610  <--number of women
----
2070  <--number of people

Edwin