Question

• an amount of rs. 6000 is to be divided among 900 men and women. each man gets rs. 5 and each women gets rs. 8. what is the ratio of number of men and women?

Answer 1

let the number of men be - x

let the number of women be - y

then from the info in question we can write:

x + y = 900

5x + 8y = 6000

solving the equations we get x = 400 and y = 500.

so the ratio of number of men and women is 4 : 5