Question

a contractor has 48 employess the contract decides 3/8 of the employees to work on the role model project how many employees will work on a remodeling project​

Answer 1

18 employees

Explanation:

Set them up as fractions:

`(x)/(48) =(3)/(8)`

Cross multiply:

`48*3=8x`

Simplify and solve for x:

`144=8x`

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