Posted by l on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 12:14pm.
The key is to define your variables.
number of men ---- x
number of women ---- 5x + 2
Now it is easy, let me know what you got.
Let no. of men be x
No. of women = 5x + 2
Total students = No. of men + women
50=x + 5x+2
48=6x
x=8
No. of women = 5x + 2
= 5 * 8 + 2
=42 (ans)
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