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At Central Community College, the ratio of female students to male students is 31
to 19. If there are 6,200 female students, how many male students are there?



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Answer:

  3800

Step-by-step explanation:

You want to know the number of males if the ratio of females to males is 31:19 and there are 6200 females.

Proportion

The ratio of males to females can be described by the proportion ...

  [tex]\dfrac{\text{males}}{\text{females}}=\dfrac{19}{31}=\dfrac{m}{6200}\\\\\\m=6200\times\dfrac{19}{31}=200\times19=3800[/tex]

There are 3800 male students.

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