SOLUTION: in a bus the ratio of men to women to children is 1:2:3.if there are 120 people going on a trip,how many women are there

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Question 1100763: in a bus the ratio of men to women to children is 1:2:3.if there are 120 people going on a trip,how many women are there
Answer by ikleyn(52898) About Me  (Show Source):
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The condition means that the entire population in the bus consists of 6 numerically equivalent groups of people: 
1 group are men; 2 groups are women and 3 groups are children.


It does not mean nothing else.


The population of each group is 120%2F6 = 20 people.


So, there are 20 men; 2*20 = 40 women; and 3*20 = 60 children.