Q:

In a meeting where there are 200 people, of which 60 are women, how many men should be increased so that for every 3 women there are 20 men?

Accepted Solution

A:
To ensure that for every 3 women there are 20 men in the meeting, you can use a proportionality calculation. Currently, you have 60 women in the meeting. If you want the ratio of women to men to be 3:20, you can set up a proportion: (60 women) / (x men) = 3 / 20 Where x represents the number of men you need to add. Now, cross-multiply and solve for x: 60 * 20 = 3 * x 1200 = 3x Now, divide both sides by 3 to find the number of men you need to add: x = 1200 / 3 x = 400 So, you should increase the number of men by 260 to ensure that for every 3 women, there are 20 men in the meeting since there are already 140 mean out of the 200 people in the meeting.