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In harambee organized in aid of a school development project, it was decided that each , man present would pay sh 200 and each woman sh 150. There were altogether 400 men and women present. If the harambee raised sh 69 200 in this way

      

In harambee organized in aid of a school development project, it was decided that each , man present would pay sh 200 and each woman sh 150. There were altogether 400 men and women present. If the harambee raised sh 69 200 in this way, Find the number of men present

  

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John
Let the number of men be x

Therefore number of women

= 400 – x

Amount raised

= 200x + 150(400 - x)

= 69 200

= 200x + 60 000 – 150x = 69 200

50x = 9 200; x = 184

the number of women was

400 – 184 = 216
johnmulu answered the question on March 6, 2017 at 05:45


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