Question

The ratio of men to women working for a company is 3 to 5 . if there are 48 men working for the company, what is the total number of employees?

Answer 1

Hi there!

First we need to find how many women are working for the company. We can do this by using proportions. Make the ratio of men to women, 3/5, equal 48/w, where w is the number of the women working for the company.

$\frac{3}{5} =\frac{48}{w}$

Cross multiply.

3w = 240

Divide both sides by 3.

w = 80

There are 80 women employees.

Now add the number of male and female employees together.

48 men + 80 women = 128 employees

There are 128 employees working for the company.

Hope this helps!