Question

There are 32 female performers in a dance recital. The ratio of men to women is 3:8. How many men are in the dance recital?

Answer 1

`12` men

Explanation:

Note that the ratio `a:b` can be written as `a/b`,

`"men"/"women" = 3/8 = m/32`

Therefore
`color(white)("XXX")m=3/8xx32=3/cancel(8) xxcancel(32)^4 = 12`