document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=886111>Question 886111</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In a certain company 60 of the employees are men. What is the total number of employees if 3 out of every 5 employees are men? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply each side by 5 to get rid of the pesky fraction<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = 300<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Divide each side by 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There are 100 employees in the company, 60 of whom are men.  (40 are presumably women.) </SPAN>\n" );
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