Question

THE RATIO OF THE NUMBER OF THE FEMALE PARTICIPANT TO THE NUMBER OF MALE PARTICIPANT IS 4:7. IF THEIR ARE 8 FEMALE PARTICIPANT, FIND THE NUMBER OF MALE PARTICIPANT.

Answer 1

14

Explanation:

Let the male and female participants be 4x and 7x respectively. Then,

No. of female participants = 8

or, 4x = 8

or, x = 2

Now,

No. of male participants = 7x = 7×2 = 14

Hence, there are 14 male participants.