Question

It was recently estimated that homes without children outnumber homes with children by seven to five. If there are 3564 homes in the county, how many of them are homes without children

Answer 1

2079

Explanation:

Homes without children outnumbers homes with children by about 7 to 5 ;

If number of children = 3564

Number of homes without children :

Expressing the relaship interms of ratio :

Without children : with children = 7 :5

Total ratio = 7 + 5 = 12

Number of homes without children:

(7 / 12) * 3564

0.5833333 * 3564

= 2079