Problem:
At a party there are only single women and married men with their wives. The probability that a randomly selected woman is single is . What fraction of the people in the room are married men?
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Solution:
Because of all the women in the room are single, there are two single women for every three married women in the room. There are also two single women for every three married men in the room. So out of every people, are men. The fraction of the people who are married men is .
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