To find out how many women are in the class, first, you need to determine the total number of parts in the ratio, which is 3 + 5 = 8 parts.
Next, you find how many parts each unit represents by dividing the total number of people by the total number of parts: 24 people / 8 parts = 3 people per part.
Since each part represents 3 people, you can calculate the number of women by multiplying the number of parts for women (5 parts) by the number of people per part (3 people per part): 5 parts * 3 people per part = 15 women in the class.
Therefore, there are 15 women in the class.
