Hungary's ratio of female to male athletes is 5:9. If Hungary brought 25 female athletes, how many male athletes did they bring to the Olympics?

Bjornte asked Aug 6, 2023

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Hungary's ratio of female to male athletes is 5:9. If Hungary brought 25 female athletes, how many

male athletes did they bring to the Olympics?

Bjornte asked Aug 6, 2023

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Answer:

Let the number of females and males be 5x and 9x respectively.

Therefore ,

$5x = 25 \\ x = \cancel (25)/(5) = 5$

Then ,

$number \: of \: males = 9x \\ = > 9(5) \\ = > 45$

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Chroder answered Aug 13, 2023

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