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25 April, 08:34

A writing workshop enrolls novelists and poets in a ratio of 5:3. There are 24 people at the workshop. How many novelists are there? How many poets are there? Write a system of equations to model each situation. Solve by any method.

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  1. 25 April, 08:37
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    There are 15 novelists and 9 artists. I did it in my head though, but I'll show what I did.

    5+3=8

    8x=24

    X=3

    3x5=15 novelists

    3x3=9 artists
  2. 25 April, 08:45
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    Novelists 5 = 15

    Poets 3 = 9

    Total 8 = 24
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