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find out the total population of a town if the ratio between the literate and the illiterate of the in habitant of the town is 2:5 the number of illirate exceeds the number of literate by 9000

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Answered by Eerisha
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let the illiterate be 5x

the literate be 2x

ATQ

5x-2x = 9000

3x = 9000

x = 3000

so literates = 2×3000

=6000

illierates = 5×3000

= 15000

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