Question 57
If the ratio of the number of men to the number of women on a committee of 30 is 7:8, how many members are women?
Solution
Let the number of men and women be 7x and 8x. In total, there are 30 members in the committee.
So, 7x + 8x = 30
=> x=2
No. of women are 8x2 = 16
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