SOLUTION: the ratio of number of men and women who attended a meeting is 3:5 after sometime half the men and one-third the women left .What is the new ratio of men and women?

Question 766769: the ratio of number of men and women who attended a meeting is 3:5 after sometime half the men and one-third the women left .What is the new ratio of men and women?
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the ratio of number of men and women who attended a meeting is 3:5
after sometime half the men and one-third the women left .
What is the new ratio of men and women?
:
If 1/3 left, then 2/3 remain, therefore:
:
=
invert the dividing fraction and multiply
* =
The new ratio is: 9:20
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