General Mathematics Question Thread

[Ionic Doc]

ok

so just having a bit of trouble solving this question

The ratio of female to male members in a golf club is 4 : 11. What percentage of the members is female?


btw I know this a stupid question but I aint really good at percentages so I will work on them . . . eventually 

could someone please go with a step by step process to figure out the answer

thanks

[DBA-144]

ok

so just having a bit of trouble solving this question

The ratio of female to male members in a golf club is 4 : 11. What percentage of the members is female?


btw I know this a stupid question but I aint really good at percentages so I will work on them . . . eventually 

could someone please go with a step by step process to figure out the answer

thanks

LOL I wanted to make a question thread. 

Since 4:15 =4/15  multiply that fraction by 100% and ur done. oopsy rui is right misread the question

[Ionic Doc]

LOL I wanted to make a question thread. 

Since 4:11 =4/11 multiply that fraction by 100% and ur done.

beat ya to it

but

thanks 

[RuiAce]

LOL I wanted to make a question thread. 

Since 4:11 =4/11 multiply that fraction by 100% and ur done.

Are you sure?

The ratio of female:male being 4:11 means that in total, \( \frac{4}{\mathbf{15}}\) of them are males and \( \frac{11}{\mathbf{15}}\) are females.

(For example: Suppose there are 8 female members. That ratio then implies there are 22 male members, implying a total of 30. And similarly, 8/30 = 4/15.)

[Ionic Doc]

Are you sure?

The ratio of female:male being 4:11 means that in total, \( \frac{4}{\mathbf{15}}\) of them are males and \( \frac{11}{\mathbf{15}}\) are females.

(For example: Suppose there are 8 female members. That ratio then implies there are 22 male members, implying a total of 30. And similarly, 8/30 = 4/15.)

I thought 4 out of 15 were females . . . and the remaining  11 were males

oops wait I just understood your theory and yea it makes better sense  . . . you're finding the percentage of the whole number of males and females combined so it would be 4/15


thanks RuiAce 


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