Question

One day 176 people visited a small art museum. The ratio of members to nonmembers that day was 5 to 11. How many people who visited the museum that day were nonmembers?

Answer 1

`121`

Explanation:

`5+11=16`

`176/16=11`(let this be `x`)

Non members `11x =11*11=121`

Members`=5x=5*11=55`

Answer 2

Out of `176` visitors `121` are nonmembers on that day.

Explanation:

For every `5+11=16` visitors `11` are nonmembers.

Therefore, out of `176` visitors `176/16*11=121`

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