The number of men in a tour group is 15 times the number of women. If there are 48 people in the group, how many are men?

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nobillionaireNobley nobillionaireNobley · Answer 1 · 2016-12-28T08:14:29+01:00

Let the number of women be x, then the number of men is 15x.
x + 15x = 48
16x = 48
x = 48/16 = 3

Therefore, the number of men = 15(3) = 45

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wifilethbridge wifilethbridge · Answer 2 · 2019-05-14T00:05:41+02:00

Answer:

45

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : The number of men in a tour group is 15 times the number of women.

To Find: If there are 48 people in the group, how many are men?

Solution:

Let the number of women be x

Now we are given that number of men in a tour group is 15 times the number of women.

So, no. of men = 15x

Now we are given that there are 48 people .

So, [tex]x+15x=48[/tex]

[tex]16x=48[/tex]

[tex]x=\frac{48}{16}[/tex]

[tex]x=3[/tex]

Thus number of women = 3

Number of men = [tex]15 \times 3 = 45[/tex]

Hence there are 45 men.