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.