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Question 1:
In a group, the ratio of doctors to lawyers is 5:4. If the total number of people in the group is 72,
what is the number of lawyers in the group?
A. 58
B. 62
C. 78
D. 32
Feedback Let the number of doctors be 5x and the number of lawyers be 4x.
Then 5x+4x = 72
=> x=8.
So the number of lawyers in the group is 4*8 = 32.

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