the ratio of men to women who try to run them over is 18 to 26. how many out of 88 people who try to run them over are men?
To find out how many out of 88 people who try to run them over are men, we need to determine the ratio of men to the total number of people in the ratio given.
The ratio given is 18 to 26. This means that for every 18 men, there are 26 people in total.
To find the number of men out of the 88 people, we can set up a proportion:
18 men / 26 people = x men / 88 people
Cross-multiplying, we get:
18 * 88 = 26 * x
Simplifying, we have:
1584 = 26x
Dividing both sides by 26, we find:
x = 60.923
Since we can't have a fraction of a person, we can round down to the nearest whole number. Therefore, there are approximately 60 men out of the 88 people who try to run them over.