SOLUTION: Please help me solve this. There are 80 females who work at a bank. The ratio is 4 to 5. How many total employees.

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Question 775920: Please help me solve this. There are 80 females who work at a bank. The ratio is 4 to 5. How many total employees.
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
given:
( female employees ) / ( male employees ) = 4/5
Let = number of male employees

Multiply both sides by


There are 100 male employees and 80 female employees

There are 180 total employees

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