9. The ratio of men to women at a party is 5 6. If there are 220 men and
women at the party, how many are women?
please anyone help me
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9. The ratio of men to women at a party is 5 6. If there are 220 men and
women at the party, how many are women?
please anyone help me
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Answer:
According to the given problem, there are 5 men for every 3 women.
Hence, the number of men divided by the number of women must
3
5
. The number of men in the party were 85.
Let x be the number of women in the party.
∴
x
85
=
3
5
⇒x=
5
85×3
=17×3=51
∴ number of women =51.
Step-by-step explanation:
Answer:
Number of women is 264 ans.
Step-by-step explanation:
Given :
To find :
Solution :
Let's assume that the number of women and men is 5x and 6x
According to the question,
➠ 5x = 220
➠ x = 220/5
➠ x = 44
Hence,
Number of women 6x = 6*44 = 264 ans.