Question

In a seminar, the ratio of the men to women is 5:9. If there are 56 people in the seminar, how many are women? PLZ

Answer 1

@mathmate

Answer 2

@AlexandervonHumboldt2

Answer 3

Every 5 men there are 9 women, means
every 14 people, there are 9 women.
Can you continue?

Answer 4

Yeah I guess

Answer 5

What do you get, and how?

Answer 6

A band recently sold 5000 tickets to a concert. If there are 2 types of tickets, regular and children's and there were 600 more children's ticket sold than regular tickets, how many children's tickets were sold? I get it but there is some confusion...

Answer 7

wait for the last one how does the # of women works?

Answer 8

what is the confusion?

Answer 9

How to solve it :/

Answer 10

every 14 people, there are 9 women.
every 56 people, there are ? women.

Also, one question per post, please.

Answer 11

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