Question

A manager at a shopping mall counts 244 males and n females as they enter the mall. The manager realizes that 25% of all males and 25% of all females are children. She writes the expression 0.25n + 61 to represent the number of children who enter the mall. Is the manager correct?

Answer 1

25% of 244 males are children
25% of n females are children

So calculate 25% of 244, and 25% of n, add the results, and compare to the result in the problem