The ratio of men to women in a class is 3 to 2. How many women students are there if there are 3600 men?

Question

The answer I got the first try was 1800...

 

I honestly dont even get this question. Please explain(:

 

-Jojo

Answer 1

The ratio men to women in a class is 3 to 2, means that 

 

 the number of men in class / the number of women in class = 3/2

 

 so we are given the number of men to be 3,600 and we need to find the number of women in class

 

 back to our ratio equation

 

 3, 600 / the number of women in class = 3/2

 

 to solve for the number of women in class, cross multiply both sides of the equation

 

 2 * 3600 = 3 * number of women in class, now divide both sides of the equation to find the number of women in class

 

( 2 * 3600)/3 = the number of women in class 

 

 The answer is 2,400 women students