SOLUTION: The ratio of men to women working for a company is 4 to 5 . If there 140 are women working for the company, what is the total number of employees?

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Question 1186059: The ratio of men to women working for a company is 4 to 5 . If there 140 are women working for the company, what is the total number of employees?


Answer by ikleyn(52786)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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There are 4 + 5 = 9 equal parts,


so we write this proportion


     = ,

or

     = .


From the proportion,  x =  = 252  persons, in all.

Solved.


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