There are 4 more women than men on Centerville’s board of

Question

There are 4 more women than men on Centerville’s board of education. If there are 10 members on the board, how many are women?

(A) 3 
(B) 4 
(C) 6 
(D) 7 
(E) 8

Given: M=W-4 so, W+(W-4)=10 --> W=7.

Answer: D.

nishantmehra01 · Answer

I did this question by plugging numbers

We know that W = 4 + M and W + M = 10

Out of these choices, only D satisfies above two conditions

If W = 7 then M = 3

highdiving · Answer

I plugged in as well, there is only one combination of m + (m+4) that gives 10 and that is if there were 3 men and 3+4 women.

Answer D.

mbaiseasy · Answer

W = M + 4

W + M = 10
W + W - 4 = 10
2W = 14
W = 7

Answer: D

TimeTraveller · Answer

m+w = 10

w = m+4

m+m+4 = 10

2m = 6

m = 3, w = 7.

ScottTargetTestPrep · Answer

We can solve the problem by setting up a few equations. First let’s define some variables.

m = number of men on the board

w = number of women on the board

We are given that there are 4 more women than men on the board. Let’s express this in an equation.

w = m + 4

We are also given that there are a total of 10 members on the board. Let’s express this in an equation.

m + w = 10

Since w = m + 4, we can substitute m + 4 for w into the equation m + w = 10 and we have:

m + m + 4 = 10

2m = 6

m = 3

Since m + w = 10, we know that 3 + w = 10 or w = 7.

The answer is D.

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi All,

This question can be solved rather easily by TESTing THE ANSWERS.

We're told that there are 4 MORE women then men on the board and that there are 10 total board members. Since there are more women than men, women have to make up MORE than half of the 10 people.

Let's TEST Answer D: 7

IF.... there are 7 women... 
There will be 7-4 = 3 men 
7+3 = 10; this is an exact match for what we were told, so this MUST be the answer.

Final Answer:  D

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made, 
Rich

Kinshook · Answer

There are 4 more women than men on Centerville’s board of education. If there are 10 members on the board, how many are women?

w - m = 4
w + m = 10
w = 14/2 = 7

IMO D

sahuanamika · Answer

Given :
Total member : 10 
Let men be : x
We know women are 4 more than men : x+4

x+x+4 = 10
2x+4 =10
x=6/2 = 3

so, women : 3+4 = 7

Option D

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