document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=247094>Question 247094</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The ratio of men to women at a certain company is 7 to 4. How many employees does the company have if there are 35 male employees?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In which way 7men and 4women combine like 35men and \"some given\" women? Proportions are fractions. So 7/4=1.75 (read 7 divided by 4 equal 1.75) must be the same (equal) to 35/some number=1.75. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So what is that number? Well, try with the most simple equivalent example to unlock the mistery. For instance, if the numbers were 6/what number?=2 which answer would it be?. Then you know that the \"what number?* is 3 because you saw, intuitively,that there are 3 groups of 2 objects making a total of 6 object. In other words, you did 6/2=3. So do the same with the \"more complicated\" numbers of the questions.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "35/what number?= 1.75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The answer is 35/1.75=20\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So now we know that there are 20 women.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So in total there are 35 men and 20 women. 35+20=55 employees in total. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #180313 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=edjones><B>edjones(8007)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=edjones><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=edjones><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=180313\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let x=number of women<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x/35=4/7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=105/7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15+35=50 number of employees<BR>\n" );
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