Question

There are 15 female performers in a dance recital. The ratio of men to women is 3:5. How many men are in the dance recital?

Answer 1

9

Explanation:

The multiplier must be 3, as you multiply 5 by 3 to get 15 female dancers, so just multiply 3 by 3 to get 9 male dancers

Answer 2

There are

`9`

men in the dance recital.

Explanation:

`men \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: : \: \: \: \: \: women \\ \: \: \: \: \: 3 \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: : \: \: \: \: \: 5 \\ \: \: \: \: \: x \: \: \: \: \: \ \: \: \ \: \: : \: \: \: 15 \\</p><p> cross \: \: \: \: \: multiple \\ \\ 5x = 3 * 15 \\ 5x = 45 \\ (5x)/(5) = (45)/(5) \\ x = 9`