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If the ratio of men to women is 3:2 and there are 120 men, how many women would there be?

User Dinuk
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I think the answer is 80, but I'm not quite sure : (
User Kechit Goyal
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There would be 80 women.
Here's the work:
120 divided by 3 = 40
If the ratio is 3:2, there is always one less woman then men, so you subtract the 40 men in a group and you get your answer of 80

Hope I helped!! :)
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