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Set up and solve a proportion to answer each question.The ratio of women to men in a mathematics class is $3: 5 .$ How many women are in the class if there are 30 men?
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We are given that the ratio of women to men in the class is $3:5$, which can be written as $\frac{3}{5}$. Show more…
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