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A group of 52 people attend a ball game. There were three times as many men as women in the group. Write and solve a system of equations for m, the number of men, and w the number of women in the group.

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Answer:

ok lol i think it is 3m x w=52 for the equation

Divide each term by

3

m

x

and simplify.

w

=

52

3

m

x

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Answer:

lets call the children, c, and call adult, a,

c+a= 52 eq 1: a=52-c

c=3a eq 2

take a's value from eq 1 and plug it into eq 2

c=3(52-c)

c=156-3c

4c=156

c=39 the number of children that attended the ball game.

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