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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Daniel ยท Gazza
Mar 8, 2018

54

Explanation:

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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