let the number of women be x
then the number of men = 1.25x
women to children = 8:5
= x : 5x/8
after 105 children come
number of children = 5x/8+108
now :
1.25x : (5x/8+105) = 3 : 2
1.25x/(5x/8+105) = 3/2
15x/8 + 315 = 2.5x
1.875x + 315 = 2.5x
x = 504
So we had 504 women, 630 men and 315 children
original ratio of men : children = 630:315 = 2 : 1
check:
after new kids came, children is 420
ratio of men : children = 630 : 420 = 3 : 2
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There were a some men, women , children in a hall.there 1 1/4 times as many men as women,and the ratio of number of women to the number of children is 8:5.when 105 more children entered the hall, the ratio of men to the children changes to 3:2. find the ratio of men to children at first?how many men and women were there in the hall. It gives negative result. Hope may be some mistakes in numbers. Pls guide me
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