Question 1015752: At the northside assembly plant, 5% of the workers were classified as minority, while at the southside assembly plant, 80% of the workers were classified as minority. when northside and southside were closed, all workers transferred to the new eastside plant to make up its entireworkforce. if 50% of the 1500 employees at eastside are minority, then how many employees did northside and southside have originally?
Answer by Boreal(15235)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! N had x
.05x=minority
S had 1500-x
.80(1500-x)=minority.
.05x+1200-.80x=750, since half of 1500 are minority.
-0.75x=-450
x=600 workers in northside plant, and 5% or 30 were minority.
1500-x=900 workers in the southside plant, and 80%, or 720 are minority.
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