Question

on one of the day you went to the gym,the ratio of men to women was 3:2.if 120 men used the gym,how many women were there?

Answer 1

120-3/5
x-2/5
cross multiply the values
therefore:120×3/5=48
48=2/5x
48÷2/5=2/5÷2/5x
80=x

Answer 2

Answer:

80 women

Step-by-step explanation:

A ratio of men to women of 3:2 means that for 3 men that use the gym 2 women use the gym, so using a rule of three we can determinate how many women were on the gym that day if 120 men were there, like this:

  3 men   ------ 2 women

120 men  ------       X

$X = \frac{(120men)(2women)}{3men}=80 women$

Then, there were 80 women for the 120 men that were in the gym.