Question

An athletics club has junior

(i.e. boy or girl) members and adult members.
The ratio of girls to boys to adults is 3:4:9
and there are 16 more adult members than
junior members. In total, how many members
does the club have

Answer 1

The total number of members are 128 members

Explanation:

From the question, mixing the ratio of children to adult, we have ;

7:9

There are 16 more adult members

So if there are x children, then there are 16 + x adults

Thus, the total number of members will be;

16 + x + x = 2x + 16

Now, we have that;

7/16 * (2x + 16) = x

7(2x + 16) = 16x

14x + 112 = 16x

16x-14x = 112

2x = 112

x = 112/2

x = 56

The total number of members is thus;

2(56) + 16 = 128