Question

in a company, 40% of the workers are women. If 1380 woman work for the company, how many total workers are there?

Answer 1

Explanation:

The total number of workers is our unknown. If 40% of this unknown number are women and the number of women is 1380, then the equation looks like this:

(remember that the word "of" generally means to multiply)

(also remember that we have to use the decimal form of a percent in an equation)

.40(x) = 1380 then divide to get the number of total workers:

x = 3450