Question

The ratio of number of men to number of women in a party is 5:4. If the number of men is 40, find the number of women in the party

Answer 1

Answer:

let the no. of men be 5x and no. of women be 4x

so number of men=40

5x= 40=X=8

so no. of women is equal to 4x = 4×8=32

Answer 2

Let the number of women in the party be x

Then,

$\frac{5}{4} = \frac{40}{x} \\ \\ x = \frac{40}{ \frac{5}{4} } \\ \\ x = \frac{40 \times 4}{5} = \frac{160}{5} \\ \\ x = 32$

Hence,

• There are 32 women in the party.