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Question 274502: Please explain the formula for this question: State college has 620 students. There are 20 more women than men. How many women are there? Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
Let represent the number of women. Then the number of men must be . The sum of these two quantities is 620 (unless there is some unspecified third gender included in the total student population), so:
