\( {5 \over 8}{}{}\) of the people who attended a wedding ceremony were men. There were 30 more men that woman. The ratio of the number of women to the number of girls 5 : 4. How many more women than girls attended the wedding ceremony?
3/8ths are women
x = total number
5/8 x = 30 + 3/8 x
2/8 x = 30
x = 120 people at wedding 3/8 * 120 = 45 women
5/4 = 45/ g g = girls
45 * 4/5 = g = 36 girls 45 women - 36 girls = 9 more women than girls at the wedding