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A writing workshop enrolls novelists and poets in a ratio of 5 to 3. There are 24 people at the workshop. How many novelists are there? How many poets are there?

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There are 15 novelists and 9 poets. This is a ratio of 5 to 3 and adds up to 24 people
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