SOLUTION: at an alligator farm 3/8 of the alligators are female if there are 15 male how many total alligators are there. And how many more males are there than females?

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Question 940930: at an alligator farm 3/8 of the alligators are female if there are 15 male how many total alligators are there. And how many more males are there than females?
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let the number of alligators be x
if 3%2F8 of the alligators are female if there are 15 male, then
x=%283%2F8%29x%2B15.....solve for x
x-%283%2F8%29x=15
8x%2F8-%283%2F8%29x=15
5x%2F8=15
5x=15%2A8
x=%2815%2A8%29%2F5
x=%28cross%2815%293%2A8%29%2Fcross%285%291
x=3%2A8
x=24=> total number of alligators there
24-15=9=> total number of female alligators
15-9=6=> there are 6 more males than females