SOLUTION: 45 members of staff working in the garden centre if the ratio of men to women is 2:3 how many men are there?

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Question 1036969: 45 members of staff working in the garden centre if the ratio of men to women is 2:3 how many men are there?
Answer by jorel555(1290)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The ratio of men to women is 2:3, so for every 2 men, there are 3 women. If there are 45 members, that makes 9 groups of 5, which gives 9*2, or 18 men, total!!!!!!!!!!
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