Final answer:
To find the total number of kindergarten teachers in the school district, the calculation shows that if 1/3 represents 59 male teachers, then the total number of teachers, which is 3 times that quantity, is 177.
Step-by-step explanation:
The question asks us to find out the total number of kindergarten teachers in a school district, given that only 2/3 of them are women, and there are 59 men who are kindergarten teachers. To find the solution, we will need to do a couple of calculations.
First, we must infer that if 2/3 of the kindergarten teachers are women, then the remaining 1/3 must be men, because 1 -(2/3) equals 1/3. We know there are 59 male kindergarten teachers, which represents this 1/3. We can set up a proportion to find the total number of teachers (T):
1/3 of T = 59 men
T = 59 men × 3
T = 177
So, the entire number of kindergarten teachers in the school district is 177.