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There was a concert held at the park. For every 3 men there were 5 women at the concert, if 32 total people attended the concert how many men and women each attended the concert?

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We have to find how many men and women attended the concert.

We know that there where 3 men for every 5 woman, so if we divide the amount of men (M) by the amount of women (W) in the concert, we would get:


(M)/(W)=(3)/(5)

We also know that a total of 32 people attended the concert. This total is the sum of the amount men and women in the concert, so we can write:


M+W=32

If we rewrite the first equation to clear the value of M and replace it in the second equation we can calculate W as:


(M)/(W)=(3)/(5)\Rightarrow M=(3)/(5)W
\begin{gathered} M+W=32 \\ (3)/(5)W+W=32 \\ ((3)/(5)+1)W=32 \\ (3+5)/(5)\cdot W=32 \\ (8)/(5)W=32 \\ W=32\cdot(5)/(8) \\ W=20 \end{gathered}

We can now use any of the 2 equations to find the value of M:


M=(3)/(5)W=(3)/(5)\cdot20=12

Answer: there where 12 men and 20 women at the concert.

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