document.write( "Question 233342: The ratio of men to women at a certain company is 5 to 6 How many male employees does the company have if there are 66 employees?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #172240 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! The ratio of men to women at a certain company is 5 to 6 How many male employees does the company have if there are 66 employees? \n" ); document.write( "--------------------- \n" ); document.write( "5 to 6 is the same as 5x to 6x where 5x is men and 6x is women. \n" ); document.write( "---------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Equation: \n" ); document.write( "5x+6x = 66 \n" ); document.write( "11x = 66 \n" ); document.write( "x = 6 \n" ); document.write( "------------- \n" ); document.write( "5x = 30 is the number of men \n" ); document.write( "6x = 36 is the number of women \n" ); document.write( "============================ \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( " |