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There are men and women at a meeting.

There are 42 women.
40% of the people at the meeting are men.
Work out the total number of people at the meeting.

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Answer:

let the total number of people = x

40 percent are men

then,

60 percent are women

now , it is also given that the total number of women are 42

according to question,

60/100*x=42

from this x=70

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