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In the Pi Corporation, 4/5 of the managers are female. If there are 64 female managers, how many managers in total are there? How many male managers?

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(4)/(5) = 64 \\ (1)/(5) = 64 / 4 \\ \: \: \: \: \: \: = 16 \\ total \: managers \: = 16 * 5 \\ \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: = 80 \\ number \: of \: male \: \: managers \\ \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: = (5)/(5) - (4)/(5) \\ \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: = (1)/(5) = 16

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