SOLUTION: 18. Education: A writing workshop enrolls novelists and poets in a ratio of 5 to 3. There are 24 people at the workshop. How many novelists are there? How many poets are there?

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: 18. Education: A writing workshop enrolls novelists and poets in a ratio of 5 to 3. There are 24 people at the workshop. How many novelists are there? How many poets are there?This question is from textbook

Found 2 solutions by checkley71, stanbon:
Answer by checkley71(8403) About Me  (Show Source):
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5N/3P
5+3=8
24/8=3
5*3/3*3=15/9 THUS THERE WILL BE 15 NOVELISTS & 9 POETS
PROOF
15=9=24
24=24

Answer by stanbon(48558) About Me  (Show Source):
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A writing workshop enrolls novelists and poets in a ratio of 5 to 3.
There are 24 people at the workshop.
How many novelists are there? How many poets are there?
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5 to 3 is the same as 5x to 3x where 5x is # of novelists and 3x is # of poets.
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EQUATION:
5x + 3x = 24
8x = 24
x = 3
5x = 15 (# of novelists)
3x = 9 (# of poets)
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Cheers,
Stan H.