The average age of consisting doctors and lawyers is $40$ . If the doctors average age is $35$ and the lawyers average age is $50$ , find the ratio of the number of doctors to the number of lawyers.

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The correct option is A $2 : 1$
similarly average age of lawyers = 50 = L1+L2+..........Lm/m ..................3

From 1,2,3

$40 (m + n) = 50 m + 35 n$

therefore $n : m = 2 : 1$

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The average age of consisting doctors and lawyers is 40. If the doctors average age is 35 and the lawyers average age is 50, find the ratio of the number of doctors to the number of lawyers.

The correct option is A 2:1similarly average age of lawyers = 50 = L1+L2+..........Lm/m ..................3From 1,2,340(m+n)=50m+35ntherefore n:m=2:1

The average age of consisting doctors and lawyers is $40$ . If the doctors average age is $35$ and the lawyers average age is $50$ , find the ratio of the number of doctors to the number of lawyers.

The correct option is A $2 : 1$
similarly average age of lawyers = 50 = L1+L2+..........Lm/m ..................3

From 1,2,3

$40 (m + n) = 50 m + 35 n$

therefore $n : m = 2 : 1$