the ratio of men to women in a room was 2:3,when there were 40 people in the room. If 4 men leave the room, what is the new ratio of men to women?
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Step-by-step explanation:
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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