Question

the ratio of men to woman working for a company is 5 to 4. if there is 225 employees total how many women work for the company

Answer 1

Given:

The ratio of men to women = 5: 4

Total number of employees = 225

The total ratio is:

`\begin{gathered} =\text{ 5 + 4} \\ =\text{ 9} \end{gathered}`

The number of women is the ratio of women to the total ratio times the number of employees

`\begin{gathered} =(4)/(9)*225 \\ =\text{ 100} \end{gathered}`

Answer:

100 women