Question

At carnival the ratio of people who won the ring toss game to lost it was 8:5, if 24 people won, how many people would have lost?

Answer 1

Answer:

15 people who lost

Step-by-step explanation:

win:loss= 8:5

win= 8 x

loss= 5 x

win=24

8 x=24

x= 3

put value of x in loss

loss= 5* 3 = 15 answer

Answer 2

Given:

The ratio of Winners and Losers of the game $=8:5$.

No. of people winning the game $=24$

To FInd:

The number of people who lost the game.

Solution:

The ratio of number of winners to losers=8:5

Let the number of winners of the game be $8k$ .

So the number of losers will be $5k$.

It is given that, $8k=24$

                    ⇒  $k=\frac{24}{8}$

                    ⇒  $k=3$

The number of losers will be $=5*k=5*3=15$

Hence, the number of people who lost the game = 15.