Question

5/12 of the population of a city are women, 2/9 are children and the rest are men. find the fraction of men in the city

Answer 1

where is your total population of the city

Answer 2

Answer:

here is your answer

Step-by-step explanation:

the total fraction addition must come to 1

let no of mens be x

so

5/12+2/9+x=1

15/36+8/36+x=1

23/36+x=1

x=1-23/36

x=13/36

so the fraction of men in city is 13/36