Question

The ratio to women to men members in a bowling club is 3:5. What percentage of the member are women?

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Answer 1

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 5/3. The number of men in the party were 85.

Let x be the number of women in the party.

∴ 85/x = 5/3

⇒x = (85 × 3)/5 = 17 × 3 = 51

∴ number of women =51.

Answer 2

Answer:

So the percentage of women playing is 37.5%.

Step-by-step explanation:

Ratio of women to men=3:5

Let the number of women be 3x and the number of men be 5x

So the total number of people=3x+5x

=8x

So the percentage of women playing=

( 3x/8x)×100%

=37.5%