SOLUTION: At a festival 7/12 of the runners are women. If there are 1560 runners, how many are women? Thank you

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Question 459144: At a festival 7/12 of the runners are women. If there are 1560 runners, how many are women?
Thank you
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Answer by algebrahouse.com(1659) About Me  (Show Source):
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7/12 x 1560
= 7 x 130 {cancelled, diagonally, the 12 and 1560}
= 910 runners are women
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Answer by math-vortex(648) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I want to find 7/12 of 1560. I'm really saying, "Divide 1560 into 12 groups and figure out how many are there all together in 7 of those groups."
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Divide 1560 into 12 groups.
1560%2F12=130
Each group has 130. We want to know how many are in 7 groups, so we multiply.
130%2A7=910
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There will be 910 women among the 1,560 runners.