SOLUTION: In an office with 21 staff members, 1/3 are men and 2/3 are women. To obtain a staff in which 1/4 are men, how many women should be hired? (A)7 (B) 5 (C) 3 (D) 2 (E) None of th

Question 269708: In an office with 21 staff members, 1/3 are men and 2/3 are women. To obtain a staff in which 1/4 are men, how many women should be hired?
(A)7 (B) 5 (C) 3 (D) 2 (E) None of these.

Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The given info tells you there are 21 employees and 1/3 are men.
so there are 7 men. Thus there are 14 women
You are asked to find out ho wmany women to hire such that men wind up being 1/4 of the total
The number of men won't change.
We need to get a total of 28 employees.
Since there are 21 now, and we need 28, hire 7 women.
Answer A
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