SOLUTION: In a certain company 60 of the employees are men. What is the total number of employees if 3 out of every 5 employees are men?
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Question 886111: In a certain company 60 of the employees are men. What is the total number of employees if 3 out of every 5 employees are men?
Answer by JulietG(1812) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x = 60
Multiply each side by 5 to get rid of the pesky fraction
3x = 300
Divide each side by 3
x = 100
There are 100 employees in the company, 60 of whom are men. (40 are presumably women.)
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