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The United Air Force has 19 women for every 81 men enlisted. If a squadron has 250 members, approximately how many men are men?

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Answer : men :203, & women: 47
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Answer:

Approximately the number of men is 203 and number of women is 47.

Explanation:

It is given that the United States Air Force has 19 women for every 81 men enlisted.

It means the ratio between men and women is 81:19.

Sum of ratio is

Therefore for each 100 people, there are 81 men and 19 women.

Total number of peoples is 250.

In 250 members the number of men is

The numbers of persons cannot be a fraction values or a decimal value, therefore the number of men is 203.

In 250 members the number of women is

Therefore approximately the number of men is 203 and number of women is 47.

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