At a party, the ratio of males to females is 3:4. Which of the following could not be the total number of people at the party?
14
35
44
63
70
ohhhhhh 44 thank you
You're welcome, Emma/Leo.
To determine which of the given options could not be the total number of people at the party, we need to consider the ratio of males to females.
The given ratio is 3:4, which means for every 3 males, there are 4 females.
To find the total number of people at the party, we can assume a common multiple for the number of males and females. Let's use the multiple of 3 and 4, which is 12.
For this common multiple of 12, we have 3 males and 4 females, making a total of 7 people at the party.
Now we can check if each given option can be obtained by multiplying the total number of people by a positive integer.
For 14:
7 * 2 = 14
Since we can multiply the total number of people by 2 to get 14, 14 could be the total number of people at the party.
For 35:
7 * 5 = 35
Since we can multiply the total number of people by 5 to get 35, 35 could be the total number of people at the party.
For 44:
7 * 8 = 56
Since we can multiply the total number of people by 8 to get 56, 44 could not be the total number of people at the party.
For 63:
7 * 9 = 63
Since we can multiply the total number of people by 9 to get 63, 63 could be the total number of people at the party.
For 70:
7 * 10 = 70
Since we can multiply the total number of people by 10 to get 70, 70 could be the total number of people at the party.
Therefore, the answer is 44 because it could not be the total number of people at the party.
3 + 4 = 7
Which of your choices is not evenly divisible by 7?