Question

On one of the day you went to the gym, the ratio of men to women was 3 : 2.

If 120 men used the gym, how many women were there?

Answer 1

The answer is 120 : 80, so there is 80 women.

3/2 is equal to 120/80.

Answer 2

Answer

Find out the  how many women were there .

To prove

Let us assume that the x is the scalar multiple of men and women.

As given

The ratio of men to women was 3 : 2.

Than

The total number of men = 3x

The total number of women = 2x

As given

If 120 men used the gym.

thus

120 = 3x

$x = \frac{120}{3}$

x = 40

The total number of women = 2 × 40

                                               = 80

Therefore 80 women were there in the gym .