SOLUTION: The ratio of men to women at a certain company is 3:5 . How many male employees does the company have if there are 112 employees?

Question 215571: The ratio of men to women at a certain company is 3:5 . How many male employees does the company have if there are 112 employees?

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The ratio of men to women at a certain company is 3:5 . How many male employees does the company have if there are 112 employees?

Step 1. Let where x is the number of males and y is the number of females.

Step 2. If , then this leads to or

Step 3. Given, , then . Solving for x yields the following steps:

Multiply 3 to both sides of equation to get rid of denominator

Divide by 8 to both sides of the equation

Step 4. There are 42 males and 70 females as employees.

I hope the above steps were helpful.

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