SOLUTION: Q. Acme has 126 employees. If twice as many men work for Acme as women, how many men work for Acme?
A. a)33 b)42 c)54 d)84 e)92
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Question 459458: Q. Acme has 126 employees. If twice as many men work for Acme as women, how many men work for Acme?
A. a)33 b)42 c)54 d)84 e)92
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let 
the number of men. Then the number of men must be 
. And, presuming we haven't invented a third gender yet, every employee must either be a man or a woman. Hence:
Just solve for
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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