SOLUTION: A company has a total of 228 employees in the marketing and sales offices. For every five people employed in​ marketing, there are fourteen people employed in sales. How many peo

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Question 1179215: A company has a total of 228 employees in the marketing and sales offices. For every five people employed in​ marketing, there are fourteen people employed in sales. How many people in the office work in​ marketing? How many people in the office work in​ sales?
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Unite "every 5 with fourteen" in groups / (sets).  You will get the groups of 5+14 = 10 persons in each group.


So, the number of groups is  228%2F19 = 12;


hence, the number of people working in the office in sales office is 14*12 = 168.        ANSWER

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