Question 247094
In which way 7men and 4women combine like 35men and x women? Proportions are fractions. So 7/4=1.75 must be equal to 35/some number=1.75. So what is that number? Well, try with the most simple equivalent example to unlock the mistery. For instance, if the numbers were 6/what number?=2 which answer would it be?. Then you know that the what? number is 3 because you did, intuitively,that there are 3 groups of 2 objects making a total of 6 object. In other words, you did 6/2=3. So do the same with the "more complicated" numbers of the questions.

35/what number?= 1.75
The answer is 35/1.75=20

The answer is 20 women.

So in total there are 35 men and 20 women. 35+20=55 employes in total.