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Challenge In a​ company, 85 ​% of the workers are woman . If 585 people work for the company who​ aren't woman ​, how many workers are there in​ all?
there are ___ workers in all

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Answer:

3900

Explanation:

let x= number of workers

we know that .15 (or 1-.85) of the people are not women

so

.15x=585

585/.15=x

3900=x