Question 1143543
The ratio of men to women working for a company is 3 to 4. If there are
96 women working for the company, what is the total number of employees?
<pre>Let number of employees be E
Fraction of WOMEN employees: {{{4/7}}} 
Then we get: {{{matrix(1,11, (4/7)/1, "=", 96/E, "=====>", 4E, "=", 7(96), "=====>", E, "=", 7(96)/4)}}}
Continue solving for E, the number of employees.
You may notice that the 4 in the denominator cancels the 96 in the numerator.