Question

In a shopping mall, 5/8 of the shoppers were female shoppers at first. A short

while later, 56 more female shoppers and 24 more male shoppers entered the
shopping mall. As a result, there were 100 more female shoppers than male
shoppers. How many shoppers were there in the shopping mall altogether
in the end?

Answer 1

104

Explanation:

5/8x. - - - - - - - >. 3/8x

56+x---------------> 24+x

Then solve for x