Question

In 2005, 12.8 out of every 50 employees at a company were women. If there are 40,607 total company employees, estimate the number of women.

Answer 1

Answer:

5,276

Step-by-step explanation:

$\frac{12.8}{50} = \frac{x}{20,607}$

cross multiplication

$\frac{12.8}{50}*\frac{20,607}{20,607} = \frac{x}{20,607}*\frac{50}{50}\\\\\frac{263,769.6}{1,030,350}=\frac{50x}{1,030,350}$

Because they are both being divided by 1,030,350 we can simplify it to

$263,769.6=50x\\\frac{263,769.6}{50}=\frac{50x}{50} \\\\5,275.392=x$

Because you cant have 0.392 of a woman, I always round up.

my answer would be 5,276