Question

There are 24 female performers in a dance recital. The ratio of men to women is 5:6. How many men are in the dance recital?

Answer 1

There are 20 men is the ratio is 5 to 6

Answer 2

20

Explanation:

You can take 24 and 6 and divide them then you get 4

Then you just multiply 5 by 4 and get 20

So therefore the answer is 20 men