SOLUTION: In a certain company, 120 of the employees are men. What is the total number of employees if 5 out of every 8 employees are men?
Can somebody please solve this sum and explain how
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Question 236839: In a certain company, 120 of the employees are men. What is the total number of employees if 5 out of every 8 employees are men?
Can somebody please solve this sum and explain how you got to the answer?
Thanks
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
5/120=8/x
5x=960
x=192 total
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