SOLUTION: Employees at Standard Storage are in the ratio of 2 women to 7 men. If there are 490 men employed, how many women are employed there?

Question 824844: Employees at Standard Storage are in the ratio of 2 women to 7 men. If there are 490 men employed, how many women are employed there?
Answer by TimothyLamb(4379) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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w/m = 2/7
w = (2/7)m
w = (2/7)*490
w = 140
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