At 11:00 a.M., there are 400 members and 150 non-members visiting a museum. After 11:00 a.M., 10 members leave every five minutes and 5 non-members arrive every five minutes. What is the ratio of members to non-members at 1:00 p.M.?

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Answer:

[tex]16:27[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

GIVEN: At [tex]11:00\text{ A.M.}[/tex], there are [tex]400[/tex] members and [tex]150[/tex] non-members visiting a museum. After [tex]11:00\text{ A.M.}[/tex],  [tex]10[/tex] members leave every five minutes and [tex]5[/tex] non-members arrive every five minutes.

TO FIND: ratio of members to non-members at [tex]1:00\text{ P.M.}[/tex]

SOLUTION:

Total number of members in museum at [tex]11:00\text{ A.M.}[/tex] [tex]=400[/tex]

as after every [tex]5[/tex] minutes [tex]10[/tex] members leave

total number of  [tex]5[/tex] minutes interval in [tex]2[/tex] hour [tex]=\frac{60}{5}=12[/tex]

total members at  [tex]1:00\text{ P.M.}[/tex]  [tex]=400-10\times24[/tex]

                                                [tex]=160[/tex]

Total number of non-members in museum at  [tex]11:00\text{ A.M.}[/tex] [tex]=150[/tex]

as after every [tex]5[/tex] minutes [tex]5[/tex] non-members arrive

total number of  [tex]5[/tex] minutes interval in [tex]2[/tex] hour [tex]=\frac{60}{5}=12[/tex]

total non-members at  [tex]1:00\text{ P.M.}[/tex]  [tex]=150+5\times24[/tex]

                                                        [tex]=270[/tex]

ratio of members to non-members at   [tex]1:00\text{ P.M.}[/tex]  [tex]=\frac{\text{number of members}}{\text{number of non-members}}[/tex]

                                                                                  [tex]=\frac{160}{270}[/tex]

                                                                                  [tex]=\frac{16}{27}[/tex]

Hence the ratio of members to non-members at [tex]1:00\text{ P.M.}[/tex] is [tex]\frac{16}{27}[/tex]