Question

There are 32 female performers in a dance recital. The ratio of men to women is 3:8. How many men are in the dance recital?

Answer 1

male:female=3:8

if there are 8 women units and 3 men units,
since there are 32 women, each unit must equal 32/8 or 4
so to find the men, you just multiply the unit by the number of units

4 times 3=12

there are 12 men