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A club has 27 employees. If there are seven more women than men in the club, calculate the number of men in the club.

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10
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8
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6
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9
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Solution

The correct option is B 10
Let the number of men in the club =x
Then number of women = x+7
Then according to the question,
x+x+7=27
2x=277
2x=20
x=202=10
Then number of men =10

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