SOLUTION: there were 3/4 as many women as there men in a train yesterday. at the next station, 12 women and 6 men got in. as a result, there were 6/7 as many women as men on the train. how m
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: there were 3/4 as many women as there men in a train yesterday. at the next station, 12 women and 6 men got in. as a result, there were 6/7 as many women as men on the train. how many men and women were in the train at first? This question is from textbook
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(1)
(2)
Substitute (1) in (2)
Multiply both sides by
And, since
At first, there were 64 men and 48 women
