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The ratio of men to women working for a company is 4 to 3 . if there are 39 women working for the company, what is the total number of employees?
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The ratio of men to women working for a company is 4 to 3 . if there are 39 women working for the company, what is the total number of employees?

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There are 52 men SO 52+ 39 = 91 SO there are 91 total employees
User Ryan Conrad
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4:3
x:39

We need to find what 3 was multiplied by to get 39:
39/3 = 13.

Now multiply 4 by this number
4*13 = 52

Hope this helped!
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