document.write( "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? \n" ); document.write( "

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the ratio of number of men and women who attended a meeting is 3:5
\n" ); document.write( " after sometime half the men and one-third the women left .
\n" ); document.write( "What is the new ratio of men and women?
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\n" ); document.write( "If 1/3 left, then 2/3 remain, therefore:
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28%281%2F2%29%2A3%29%2F%28%282%2F3%29%2A5%29\"$ = $\"%28%283%2F2%29%29%2F%28%2810%2F3%29%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "invert the dividing fraction and multiply
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%283%2F2%29\"$ * $\"%283%2F10%29\"$ = $\"9%2F20\"$
\n" ); document.write( "The new ratio is: 9:20 \n" ); document.write( "

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