document.write( "Question 337994: of the 60 employed at a certain company, three-fifths are women. Two-thirds of the women are married, compared to half the men. Five-sixths of the employees are programmers, the others are engineers. There are eight employees who take public transportation to work; six are men.
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document.write( "A)How many men work at the company?
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document.write( "B)How many employees are married? What fraction of the employees is married?
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document.write( "C)What fraction of those who take public transportation is male?
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document.write( "D)What fraction of the women does not take public transportaion? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #242344 by edjones(8007) You can put this solution on YOUR website! A)How many men work at the company? \n" ); document.write( "2/5 * 60 = 24 \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "B)How many employees are married? What fraction of the employees is married? \n" ); document.write( "(2/3 * 36) + (1/2 * 24) \n" ); document.write( "=24+12=36 are married \n" ); document.write( "36/60=3/5 \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "C)What fraction of those who take public transportation is male? \n" ); document.write( "6/8=3/4 \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "D)What fraction of the women does not take public transportation? \n" ); document.write( "2/8=1/4 \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Ed \n" ); document.write( " |