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Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Anglo Chinese School 2007 PSLE Math Prelim Q47

In an auditorium, the ratio of the number of competitors to the number of non-competitors is 8:5. The ratio of the number of male competitors to the number of female competitors is 7:4. Given that 3/5 of the non-competitors are males and there are 32 female competitors, how many males and females are there in the auditorium?

Solution




Males ----- 56 + 33 = 89
Females ----- 32 + 22 = 54

Answer: 89 males, 54 females

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

hi

me myself 123 said...

hihi so easy!