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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

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Let x be the total of people on the police force 24x=72 Divide both sides by 24 x=300 since there is 300 people on the force and 72 are ladies. We subtract 300-72= 228 So there is 228 male police officers :)

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