Question

If the ratio of men to women in a movie theater is 3:2 and there are 45 men in the theater, how many total people are in the theater?

Answer 1

113 people (112.5 if you don't round but you can't have half a person)

Explanation:

45 men plus the number of women (x) is how many people there are

so you would do 3/x=2/45 since x is the number of women

do some basic algebra, and you get 67.5 women so round if you want to to 68 (i will round because you can't have half a person)

68+45=113 people