Question

There are 80 people in a choir.

Half of the people in the choir are women

The number of men in he choir is one quarter of the number of women

the number of children in the choir : the number of men in the choir = n:1

Work out the value of n.
You must show how you get your answer.

Answer 1

We know that half of the choir members are women, which means:

Number of women = 80/2 = 40

We also know that the number of men is one-quarter of the number of women, which means:

Number of men = 40/4 = 10

Now, we're given that the ratio of children to men in the choir is n:1. Let's call the number of children in the choir "c".

So, we have:

c : 10 = n : 1

We can cross-multiply to get:

c = 10n

Since we know that the total number of people in the choir is 80, we can set up another equation:

40 (women) + 10 (men) + c (children) = 80

Substituting c = 10n, we get:

40 + 10 + 10n = 80

Simplifying the left side, we get:

50 + 10n = 80

Subtracting 50 from both sides, we get:

10n = 30

Dividing both sides by 10, we get:

n = 3

Therefore, the value of n is 3