SOLUTION: a number of men and women attended to a concert in the ratio 2:3. if there were total of 565, how many men an how many women are present?

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Question 836401: a number of men and women attended to a concert in the ratio 2:3. if there were total of 565, how many men an how many women are present?
Answer by rfer(16322)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
2x+3x=565
5x=565
x=565/5
x=113
2x=226 men
3x=339 women

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