There are 144 people in an audience. The ratio of adults to children is 3:5. How many adults are there?

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There are 144 people in an audience. The ratio of adults to children is 3:5. How many adults are there?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-08T01:05:46

#54#

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ratio is #3:5# so consider that #8# parts all together
#144/8=18# so each part has #18# people
#3# parts are adults so #3*18=54# of them
and #5# parts are children so #5*18=90# of them

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