Question

A city police force is made up of 24% females. If there are 72 females on the force, how many males are on the force?

Answer 1

228 males

Explanation:

Let x be the number of males.

This means x + 72 is the total number of people.

So
`(72)/(x+72)` is the fraction of females in the force.

Thus, we can form the equation:

`(72)/(x+72) = 0.24`

`x+72 = (72)/(0.24)`

`x = (72)/(0.24) -72`

`x = 228`

Thus, the answer is 228 males.