Question

The ratio of men to women working for a company is 3 to 5. If there are 120 women working for the company, what is the total number of employees?

Answer 1

Answer: 192 people

Explanation:

We can set up a ratio.

Let x be the number of men working in the company.

`(3 men)/(5 women) = (xmen)/(120 women)`

We can cross umltiply.

360 = 5x

x = 72 men.

Therefore, the total number of employees = 120 women + 72 men

= 192 people.

Answer 2

320 employees

Explanation:

Ratio = 3:5 3x + 5x = ?

3x = 120 women

/3 /3

x = 40

5x

5(40)

200 men

3x + 5x = ?

3(40) + 5(40) = ?

120 + 200 = ?

320 = 320

200 + 120 = 320

There a total of 320 employees.

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