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Algebra Level 1

On ladies night, there are 50 50 people at a club of which only 20 of them are female. What is the minimum number of people that the bouncer must let in, so that there are at least as many females as there are males?

20 30 40 10 50

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7 solutions

Tijmen Veltman
Jan 29, 2015

Assuming the absence of hermaphrodites and such, there are 30 males in the club. Hence the shortage of females is 30 20 = 10 30-20=\boxed{10} .

lol hermaphrodites .... :p

Ashwin Upadhyay - 6 years, 4 months ago

Hahahahaha, this just made my day. :D

Prasun Biswas - 6 years, 4 months ago
Paulo Carlos
Jan 30, 2015

It is so easy that I thought it was a catch!

50 20 = 30 50 - 20\ = 30 [Males]

So: 30 20 = 10 30 - 20 =\boxed{10}

Chaitanya Lodha
Jan 29, 2015

Total people in the club= 50

No. of females= 20

therefore No. of males= 30

Since females are less by males by 10

therefore 10 more ladies must be brought inside to equal the nos.

Krona Emmanuel
Jan 31, 2015

Since there are total 50 people at the club and 20 of them are females so 30 are males. The bouncer must let in 10 people (all female-we suppose this because the question contains the keyword minimum) so the number becomes equal. 30 = 30

Good job :)

Chung Kevin - 6 years, 4 months ago
Abhijit Dixit
Jan 30, 2015

one thing that should be noted is we aren't considering the bouncer as a part of the party.{as a male}. otherwise answer would have been 11.

The bouncer is not in the party, as he is standing outside the door :)

Chung Kevin - 6 years, 4 months ago

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well i thought about it in a more mathematical way..........:) . and after seeing the options i also concluded that.

ABHIJIT DIXIT - 6 years, 4 months ago
Jeeva V
Feb 9, 2015

Total no of people's in club 50 and the female count is 20 then remaining people are male => 50 - 20 = 30 each one of them in club, then remaning 10 people's are bouncer's

Fox To-ong
Feb 6, 2015

THE LEAST IS 10 SINCE THERE ARE 10 MORE MALE THAN FEMALE

Good job

Please don't type in all caps, thanks!

Chung Kevin - 6 years, 4 months ago

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