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22 October, 03:35

The ratio of women to men in the theater was 5 to 4. If there are 1200 women, how many men were there?

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  1. 22 October, 07:29
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    There should be 960 men there if the ratio of women to men is 5:4

    and there are 1200 women.

    Set up a proportion to solve this word problem, cross multiply to get your answer.

    so 5x = 4800

    divide both sides by 5

    x = 960

    (x represent the men)
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