document.write( "Question 1186059: The ratio of men to women working for a company is 4 to 5 . If there 140 are women working for the company, what is the total number of employees?\r
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document.write( "There are 4 + 5 = 9 equal parts,\r\n" );
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document.write( "so we write this proportion\r\n" );
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document.write( "     = ,\r\n" );
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document.write( "From the proportion,  x =  = 252  persons, in all.\r\n" );
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