SOLUTION: In a race, there are 7000 participants and the female participants are 25% less than the male participants. Find the difference between the number of male participants and the numb

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Question 1173349: In a race, there are 7000 participants and the female participants are 25% less than the male participants. Find the difference between the number of male participants and the number of female participants.
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Hi  

7000 participants and the female participants are 25% less than the male (x) participants 

0r the number of females is .75  the number of males 

Letting x be the number of male participants

 7000 = x  + .75x

 7000/1.75  = x

   male participants = 4000 and female = 3000 .25x 

Find the difference between the number of male participants and the number of female participants:  

 4000 - 3000 = 1000 difference

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