SOLUTION: Hi The ratio of females to males was 7 to 5. There were twice as many women as girls. There were twice as many boys as men. There were 68 more girls than men. How many people we

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Question 1209545: Hi
The ratio of females to males was 7 to 5. There were twice as many women as girls. There were twice as many boys as men. There were 68 more girls than men.
How many people were there.
How many more women than men were there.
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The ratio of females to males was 7 to 5

7x = # of females
5x = # of males

There were twice as many women as girls

To avoid working with fractions, revise our expressions for the numbers of females and males:
21x = # of females
15x = # of men

Again, there were twice as many women as girls:

14x = # of women
7x = # of girls

There were twice as many boys as men

10x = # of boys
5x = # of men

There were 68 more girls than men:

7x = 5x+68
2x = 68
x = 34

# of men: 5x = 170
# of women: 14x= 476
# of boys: 10x = 340
# of girls: 7x = 238

Total number of people: 36x = 1224

ANSWER: 1224