Homework Help: maths

Posted by ssssss on Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at 2:16am.

There were a total of 5214 men,women and children in an exhibition. The number of adults was twice the number of children. There were 316 more men than women.
a) How many adults were there?
b) How many men were there?

maths - Steve, Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at 5:17am
m+w+c = 5214
a = m+w
a = 2c
m = w+316

(m,w,c) = (1896,1580,1738)

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