Question

A city with a population of 118,048 has a 3:5 ratio of males to females. How many males are there in the population?

Answer 1

any choices? this ratio means that for every 3 men there are 5 women so there are less men.

Answer 2

These are the choices 44268
73780
70828
40268
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Answer 3

ok so there are 8 sections basically (3+5) so what is 118,048/8

Answer 4

14756 @twistnflip

Answer 5

now multiply that by three what do you get

Answer 6

44268 @twistnflip

Answer 7

the ration should be:
3 * 14756 : 5 * 14756

Answer 8

then whats your answer

Answer 9

do you get how we got to 44268? That is the answer

Answer 10

Yes I get it now thank you so much! @twistnflip