The number of women at a training workshops was two less than three times the number of men. If 50 people attended the workshops, how many were women?

Set up a system of equations first

W: number of women

M: number of men

50=w+m

3m-2=w

Solve in by plugging in one equation into the other

50 = (3m-2) + m

50=4m-2

52=4m

m=13

So if m=13 plug it bag into one of the two equations at the beginning

50=13+w

W=37 women