find out the total population of a town if the ratio between the literate & the illiterate of the inhabitants of the town is 2:5. the number of illiterate exceeds the number of literates by 9000
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Let the no. be 2x and 5x
2x+ 5x=9000
7x = 9000
x =9000
--------= 900.0
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2x+ 5x=9000
7x = 9000
x =9000
--------= 900.0
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gaganpreet36:
explain
2x + 9000 = 5x
Now we can solve for x:
2x + 9000 = 5x
9000 = 3x
3000 = x
And since the population of the town is 7x, that means the population is 21,000.
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