The ratio of men to wmen at a class is 6 to 5. How many women students are there if there are 3600 men?
3000
I used a proportion and got 6/5=3600/x
solve for x. then divided 18000/6
Right.
Thank you, Ms. Sue
You're welcome, Jerald.
The ratio of men to women at a class is 6 to 5. How many women students are there if there are 3600 men?
To solve this problem, we can set up a proportion based on the given ratio. The ratio of men to women is given as 6:5. We are given that there are 3600 men, so we can set up the proportion as follows:
6/5 = 3600/x
To find the number of women students (x), we can cross multiply and solve for x:
6x = 5 * 3600
6x = 18000
Dividing both sides by 6:
x = 18000/6
x = 3000
Therefore, there are 3000 women students in the class.