There are 6 times as many females as males on the maths course at university. What fraction of the course are male?
Give your answer in its simplest form.

we have three similar triangles, because each has a right angle and shares an angle.   let's write the angles in order: opposite to short leg, long leg, hypotenuse.

cab similar to bad similar to cbd

or as ratios,

ca: ab: cb = ba: ad: bd = cb: bd: cd

we also know

ac = ad + cd

(ad+cd): ab: cb = ba: ad: bd = cb: bd: cd

(ad+cd)/cb=cb/cd

we have cb=6, ad=5 and seek x=cd.

we reject the negative root and conclude x=4

answer: 4

i believe it is b and c. (side note, i got the same computer from k-12 lol i’m in 8th grade and this is my first year, will it get

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