Question

In a company, 60% of workers are women. if 800 people work on the company who aren't women, how many workers are there in all? use pencil and paper. show two different ways that you can solve this problem. how many workers in all?

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Answer 1

2000 workers

Explanation:
All the workers: 100%
Women: 60%
Others: 40% = 800 workers
=> 1% of the workers: 800/40 = 20 workers
=> 100% = 20 x 100 = 2000 workers
(I can't think of another one)