The ratio of men to women in a chorus is 2:3, if there are 80 women in the chorus , how many men are in the chorus
Let
x ------> number of men
y -----> number of women
we have that
x/y=2/3 -------> equation 1
y=80 -----> given
substitute the value of y in equation 1
x/80=2/3
solve for x
x=80*2/3
x=