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Hey, how do you know that the ratio will be the fraction(substraction) that you wrote?

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Male average height \(- 184 cm\)

Female average height \(- 170 cm\)

Overall average height \(- 180cm\)

by weighted average or alligation method,

\(\frac{m}{w}=\frac{180-170}{184-180}=\frac{10}{4}=\frac{5}{2}\)

\(m:w=5:2\)

Answer: A
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Using Alligation method. This method can be used for Mixture problems and weighted average problems like these.

Check this out for concept & examples: Alligation Made Easy
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Hey, how do you know that the ratio will be the fraction(substraction) that you wrote?

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Male average height \(- 184 cm\)

Female average height \(- 170 cm\)

Overall average height \(- 180cm\)

by weighted average or alligation method,

\(\frac{m}{w}=\frac{180-170}{184-180}=\frac{10}{4}=\frac{5}{2}\)

\(m:w=5:2\)

Answer: A
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Average male height = 184cm
Average female height = 170cm
School average height = 180cm

Let number of males = y
Let number of females = x

Average = Total height / total number of students

Average =[(170x) + (184y)][x+y] = 180

170x +184y = 180x + 180y = 4y=10x

Hence ratio = y/x = 10/4 = 5/2 = 5:2 (A)
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sum of malesheights = sm
sum of femalesheights = sf
number of male students = m
number of female students = f

(sum of malesheights + sum of femalesheights)/(number of students) = (sm+sf)/(m+f) = 180 cm (1)
sm/m=184 so sm=184m
sf/f=170 so sf=170f

plug in (1) : (184m+170f)/(m+f)=180 so 4m=10f ie m/f=5/2
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Students at a school were on average 180 cm tall. The average female height was 170 cm, and the average male height was 184 cms. What was the ratio of men to women?

Let's assume the number of Female employees are X and the number of Male employees are Y.
So, 170x+184y=180(x+y)
170x+184y=180x+180y
184y-180y=180x-170x
4y=10x
y : x = 10 : 4
y : x = 5 : 2
Answer: A.
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Let number of females be F and number of males be M

Female avg is 10 less, so overall female deficit of 10* = 10F
Male avg is 4 more, so overall extra of 4*M = 4M

4M - 10F = 0
4M = 10F

\(\frac{M}{F} \)= \(\frac{10}{4} \) =\(\frac{5}{2} \)
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Students at a school were on average 180 cm tall. The average female height was 170 cm, and the average male height was 184 cms. What was the ratio of men to women?

(A) 5:2
(B) 5:1
(C) 4:3
(D) 4:1
(E) 3:1


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