SOLUTION: Shop A has 5 times as many machinists as Shop B, and Shop C has 3 times as many as Shop B. Shop A has how many times as many machinists as Shop C?

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Question 600405: Shop A has 5 times as many machinists as Shop B, and Shop C has 3 times as many as Shop B. Shop A has how many times as many machinists as Shop C?
Answer by w_parminder(53) About Me  (Show Source):
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Shop C has 3 times as many machinists as Shop B
Or we can say that Shop B has 1/3 times as many machinists as Shop C
Let the Shop C has X machinists,
So Shop B has %281%2F3%29%2AX machinists
Shop A has 5 times as many machinists as Shop B
So Shop A has 5%2A%281%2F3%29%2AX,
i.e. (5/3)*X machinists
OR 5/3 times the machinists of Shop C
So Shop A has 5/3 times as many machinists as Shop C has