Question

the number of men is five eights of the number of women working in a factory if there is 24 more women than men how many workers are all together

Answer 1

104 workers

Explanation:

w = women

m = men = 5/8 w

w - 5/8 w = 24

w = 64 then m = 5/8 * 64 = 40 total = 104

Answer 2

104

Explanation:

women = 8/8

men = 5/8

all workers = 8/8 + 5/8 = 13/8

extra women workers = 8/8 - 5/8 = 3/8

so...

3/8 = 24

13/8 = x

( cross multiplication method)

3/8 x = 39

x = 104

Hence, there are 104 workers