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by sud21 » Thu Jan 12, 2012 4:55 am
Of a group of people, the ratio of number of women to men to children is 7 to 2 to 5. What is the total number of the people?
1). women + children=12
2). number of men is less than 4

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by neelgandham » Fri Jan 13, 2012 5:35 am
Of a group of people, the ratio of number of women to men to children is 7 to 2 to 5. What is the total number of the people?
So the number of
women in the group = 7x
men in the group = 2x
children in the group = 5x
people in the group = 7x + 2x + 5x = 14x. Where X is a positive integer. The question can now be rephrased to What is the value of 14x?
1). women + children=12
7x + 5x = 12 then 14x = 14. Sufficient to answer the question.
2). number of men is less than 4
2x < 4, Implies x = 1 as(x>0 and x is an integer), then 14x = 14.Sufficient to answer the question.

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