in a theatre for a show 1/2 the audience were women and 1/3 of these women were school girls.if the total audience were 600 in number how many were school girls? 

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Please find below the solution to the asked query:
$$\begin{gathered} \mathrm{Total} \mathrm{audience}=600 \\ \mathrm{Number} \mathrm{of} \mathrm{women} \mathrm{audience}=600\times \frac{1}{2} \\ \mathrm{And} \\ \mathrm{Number} \mathrm{of} \mathrm{school} \mathrm{girls} \mathrm{audience}=600\times \frac{1}{2}\times \frac{1}{3} \\ =\frac{600}{6}=100 \end{gathered}$$
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