9. The ratio of the number of women to that of men in wedding party is 3: 4. If the number of men is 140, find
the number of women in the party
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According to the given problem, there are 5 men for every 3 women.
Hence, the number of men divided by the number of women must
3
5
. The number of men in the party were 85.
Let x be the number of women in the party.
∴
x
85
=
3
5
⇒x=
5
85×3
=17×3=51
∴ number of women =51.
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