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In a programming competition, there were five programming languages. The languages were Java, Python, C, C# and PHP. The total number of participants was 1600. Both the women and the men had taken part in the competition in the ratio 1 ∶ 3. 25% of programmers are Python programmers, 10% of programmers program in C language. 220 programmers program in C#. Java programmers are twice the C# programmers, remaining programmers program in PHP. 30% of Python programmers are women. Half of the woman Python programmers are equal to woman C# programmers. 10% programmers of Java are equal to woman C programmers. Number of woman programmers in Java and that in PHP languages are equal. What is the total number of male programmers in Java, Python and PHP?1). 9282). 9083). 9244). 964 |
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Answer» Let us find out the number of female and MALE programmers for each language taking part in the competition. Total no. of programmers = 1600 Number of female programmers = $(\frac{1}{4} \times 1600 = 400)$ Number of male programmers = $(\frac{3}{4} \times 1600 = 1200)$ Number of Python programmers = 25% of 1600 = 400 Number of C# programmers = 220 Number of C programmers = 10% of 1600 = 160 Number of Java programmers = 2 × 220 = 440 Number of PHP programmers = 1600 - (400 + 220 + 160 + 440) = 380 Number of female Python programmers = 30% of 400 = 120 ∴ Number of male Python programmers = 400 - 120 = 280 Number of female C# programmers = HALF of female python programmers = $(\frac{1}{2} \times 120 = 60)$ ∴ Number of male C# programmers = 220 - 60 = 160 Number of female C programmers = 10% of Java programmers = 0.1 × 440 = 44 ∴ Number of male C programmers = 160 - 44 = 116 Number of female Java programmers = Number of female PHP programmers $(= \frac{1}{2}\left[ {400 - \left( {120 + 60 + 44} \right)} \right] = \frac{1}{2}\left[ {400 - 224} \right] = 88)$ ∴ Number of male Java Programmers = 440 - 88 = 352 ∴ Number of male PHP programmers = 380 - 88 = 292 From above data, Total number of male programmers in Java, Python and PHP = 352 + 280 + 292 = 924 |
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