document.write( "Question 778771: 40% of vero's postal service employees are women. If there are 80 women in Vero's postal service, how many men are employed there?\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #474895 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! 40% of vero's postal service employees are women. If there are 80 women in Vero's postal service, how many men are employed there? \n" ); document.write( "------- \n" ); document.write( "Let \"x\" be the total # of men and woman in the postal service. \n" ); document.write( "------- \n" ); document.write( "0.40x =80 \n" ); document.write( "x = 80/0.40 \n" ); document.write( "---- \n" ); document.write( "x = 200 \n" ); document.write( "----- \n" ); document.write( "# of men = 200-80 = 120 \n" ); document.write( "------ \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "================= \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |