at a baseball game, there were three times as many males as females. 5/6 of the males were boys and the rest were men. 2/3 of the females were girls and the rest were women. Given that there were 121 more boys than girls, how many adults were there at the baseball game?

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Cryptic · Accepted Answer

Use simple working please

Steve · Answer

There are M males, F females, b boys, g girls M = 3F 5/6 M = b 2/3 F = g b = g + 121 make some substitutions to get 5/6 M = g+121 5/6 (3F) = g+121 5/6 (3F) = 2/3 F + 121 5/2 F = 2/3 F + 121 11/6 F = 121 11F = 726 F = 66 So, working back through the substitutions, M = 3F = 198 M+F = 264 <-- no. of people check: 5/6 of 198 = 165 boys, so 33 men 2/3 of 66 = 44 girls, so 22 women 165=44+121 so the boy/girl difference works too. men+women = 33+22 = 55 adults

Hanna · Answer

This is hard for a kid to understand.

daniel · Answer

can someone explain this more easily

emely juarez · Answer

at a baseball game, there were three times as many males than females.5/6 of the males were boys and the rest were men. 2/3 of the females were girls and the rest were women. given that there were 121 more boys than girls, howmany adults were there?

Ryan · Answer

55 adults

cool · Answer

55 adults, very complicated tho