A superhero movie has its first showing and there are 155 people to see it, if the ratio of kids to adults waiting to see this movie is 3:2, how many adults are in line

Answer 1

To find the number of adults in line at the superhero movie, we start by using the given ratio of kids to adults, which is 3:2.

Let's define:

• The number of kids as \( 3x \)
• The number of adults as \( 2x \)

The total number of people (kids + adults) is given by:

\[ 3x + 2x = 155 \]

Combining the terms gives:

\[ 5x = 155 \]

Now, we can solve for \( x \):

\[ x = \frac{155}{5} = 31 \]

Now that we have \( x \), we can find the number of adults:

\[ \text{Number of adults} = 2x = 2 \times 31 = 62 \]

Therefore, the number of adults in line is \( \boxed{62} \).