Question

at a party 3/8 of the people were children and thecrest were adults given that there were 40 more adults than children what was the total number of people at the party

Answer 1

given 3/8 were children and rest were adults
rest= is
$1 - \frac{3}{8} = \frac{8}{8} - \frac{3}{8} = \frac{5}{8}$
so now given
$\frac{5}{8} = 40$
$1 = 40 \div \frac{5}{8} = 40 \times \frac{8}{5} = 8 \times 8 = 64$
so there were 64 ppl at the party
children =64-40=24
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