Question

a debate team has 15 female members.The ratio of females to males is 3:2.How many males are on the debate team?

Answer 1

Let F be the amount of females
Let M be the amount of males
We are given the F:M is 3:2 and we are given F=15.

Answer 2

set up the first equation and replace F with 15 then solve for M.

Answer 3

\[\frac{F}{M}=\frac{3}{2} ; F=15\]

Answer 4

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