Question

in a village the ratio of number of women to the total population is 3:5 and the ratio of married and unmarried women is 2:5. if the number of unmarried womenis 162, then find the population of married women in the village

Answer 1

Let no. Of married women be x

No. Of married women =162

2/5=162/x

2x=162×5

2x= 810

x= 810/2

x=405.

Thus, population of married women in the village is 405.

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