Question

The ratio of men to women working for a company is 5 to 8. If there are 232 women working for the company, what is the total number of employees?

Answer 1

Answer: 377 employees

Explanation:

The ratio of men to women can be represented as
`(5)/(8)` where the numerator represents how many men are in the company, and the denominator represents how many women are in the company. Given that there are 232 women in the company, we can replace denominator with 232, and then cross multiply.

`(5)/(8)= (x)/(232)` After cross multiplying, the expression left would be 8x = 1160. To get the final answer, we would only need to simplify this. It would give us a total of 145, which is how many men work in the company.

Lastly, add the the number or men and women working in the company, and that would be the total people that work in the company

Answer 2

The total number of employees is 377.

Explanation:

1. You divide total number of women (232) by the ratio of women. (8)

232/8 =29

2. You take 29 and multiply it by the amount of men in the ratio. (5)

29*5=145

3. Finally you just add the total amount of men (145) and the total amount of women. (232)

232+145=377

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