Question
Five-eights of the population of a village are men, one-sixth are children and the rest, 500 in number are women. How many children are there?
Answers
Ms. Sue
(5/8)x + (1/6)x + 500 = x
(15/24)x + (4/24)x + 500 = x
(19/24)x + 500 = x
500 = (5/24)x
500 / (5/24) = x
500 * (24/5) = x
2,400 = x
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(1/6) * 2,400 = __________ children
(15/24)x + (4/24)x + 500 = x
(19/24)x + 500 = x
500 = (5/24)x
500 / (5/24) = x
500 * (24/5) = x
2,400 = x
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(1/6) * 2,400 = __________ children
zack
i dont understand