Question

There are 3 ladies for every 2 men qt a party if there are 40 men at the party how many ladies are at the party . show your working

A) 20
B) 50
C) 60
D) 120​

Answer 1

Ok so the constant is 3:2 so if we do x for women then it would be x:40. To find x we do 40/2 which is 20 so then you multiply 20 to 3 to get the amount of women for every 40 men which is 60 women
B)60
40:60
I hope that helps