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.
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