document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=2042>Question 2042</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  In a team of 12 persons, 1/3 are women and 2/3 are men.  To obtain a <BR>\n" );
document.write( "team with 20% women how many men should be hired?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #452577 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=melzaren><B>melzaren(3)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/iconNewId_16x16.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=melzaren><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=452577\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A few other ways to solve this:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The quickest way, if you know a value, and the percent of the whole it represents, you can do the following:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "# of women: 12 * 1/3 = 4 women\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We know that in the end, when the team has all it's members, 4 women will equal 20% of the team.   \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can divide 4 by .20 to determine the total number of members on the team.   This comes from knowing that having a portion of a whole, and knowing what percent it represents of the whole, you can divide through to get the total number.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4 / .20 = 20\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "20 total team mates - 4 women, minus the 8 original men from (12 * 2/3 = 8) = \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "20 - 4 - 8 = 8 men (final answer)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can verify this by seeing that 20 (the total number of players) * .20 (the percent of the team that is women) = 4.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Another way to do this is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This comes from knowing that in the end, if the women are 20% of the team, then the men are 80%, so we know that\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(number of men) / (entire team) = .80\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "number of men = 8 + x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "total team = 12 + x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(8 + x) / (12 + x) = .80\r<BR>\n" );
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