Question 221405: There were 6 more women on a committee than men. If the committee was made up of 30 people, how many men were on the committee? Answer by drj(1380) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! There were 6 more women on a committee than men. If the committee was made up of 30 people, how many men were on the committee?
Step 1. Let y be the number of men.
Step 2. Let y+6 be the number of women
Step 3. y+y+6=30 since the committee was made of of 30 people.
Step 4. Solving yields the following steps
Subtract 6 from both sides of the equation.
Divide by 2 to both sides of the equation
and and note the total is 30 people.
Step 5. ANSWER. There are 12 men in the committee.
I hope the above steps were helpful.
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