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Sex ratio is defined as the number of females per 1000 males in the population. Find the sex ratio if there are 3732 females per 4000 males in a town.

There are 3732 females per 4000 males


Therefore, to find number of females per 1000 males we need to divide 3732 by 4


⇒ number of females per 1000 males = = 933


Therefore, sex ratio = = 0.933


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