In a town, 2/3 of the men are married to 3/7 of the women and the total population is more than 1000. If all marriages happen with in the town, then find the smallest possible number of total population

Dear studentLet the number of men be x and that of women be ytherefore we have      23x=37yxy=917x=9k and y=14k ( where k is some integer) and      x+y>1000 23k>1000k>100023k>43.47smallest value of k=44smallest possible number of total population=23×44=1012Regaeds

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